1 John 3:16-18 By this we have come to know love — that Christ laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Riverside⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ By this we have come to know love — that Christ laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. ¹⁷ But if any one has this world's goods and sees his brother in need and shuts away his sympathies from him, how can the love of God remain in him? ¹⁸ Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.