1 John 3:16-18 We have come to know love by this: that ⌊he⌋* laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ We have come to know love by this: that _⌊he_⌋* laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers. ¹⁷ But whoever has the world's material possessions and observes his brother _⌊in need_⌋* and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him? ¹⁸ Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.