 | 1861 - 1366 sayfa
...Further, as in the case of righteousness and of purity we have Christ as the measure of this love. We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us. We ought to do the same. Now, if our brother has need. and we possess this world's good, but do not... | |
 | Frederick Houk Borsch - 1999 - 228 sayfa
...find out about agape, we discover first of all that it is described by the life and death of Jesus. "We know love by this, that he laid down his life...and we ought to lay down our lives for one another" (1 John 3: 16). We know what the life of Jesus was like and the story of how he died for us only from... | |
 | Walter Brueggemann, Charles B. Cousar, Beverly Roberts Gaventa - 1993 - 632 sayfa
...warning about the power sin and hate have to produce death. With v. 16, the topic of love returns. "We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us." The simplicity and drama of this statement warrant attention. Love itself is taught by Christ's act.... | |
 | R. Kendall Soulen - 1996 - 212 sayfa
...Jesus thereby frees his disciples to live in such a way that the blessing of others knows no bounds.10 "We know love by this, that he laid down his life...and we ought to lay down our lives for one another" (1 John 3:16). Few writers have articulated more emphatically than Bonhoeffer the point that Christian... | |
 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer - 2005 - 620 sayfa
...atoning sacrifice for our sins." [CG] [133.] In Bonhoeffer's Luther Bible, 1 John 3:16 is underlined: "that he laid down his life for us — and we ought to lay down our lives for one another." [NRSV: "We know love by this ] At the Finkenwalde seminary 1 John 3:13-18 was proposed as a sermon... | |
 | Don Posterski, Gary Nelson - 1997 - 260 sayfa
...Corinthians 5:17-18) The Scriptures call the church and the people of God everywhere to social care. We know love by this, that he laid down his life for...and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need... | |
 | Philip A. Verhalen - 1998 - 250 sayfa
...they say in politics, rhetoric. The Gospel of John alerts us to be "doers" of faith not mere talkers. We know love by this, that he laid down his life for...and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need... | |
 | Chris Aridas - 1998 - 164 sayfa
...brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them. We know love by this, that he laid down his life for...and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. Love is always life-giving. We have encountered this truth again and again in the ordinary, everyday... | |
 | Douglas Sturm - 1998 - 348 sayfa
...love, then "if one member surfers, all suffer together." 4 As John puts it: "By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for one another." 3 Compassion is the name of that kind of sensitivity in which one feels as the other feels, through... | |
 | Grant R. Osborne, Philip W. Comfort - 1998 - 180 sayfa
...and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins" tNTVl. In 3: l 6. he describes Jesus' love. "We know love by this. that he laid down his life for us" lNRSVl. In the phrase "not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world" John was reminding... | |
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We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us — and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. 
