1 John 3:16

Which verses does 1 John 3:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. 1 John 4:9–1162 votes

   This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. …

2. Ephesians 5:258 votes

   and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

3. John 13:3448 votes

   A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

4. John 3:1641 votes

   For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

5. Romans 5:834 votes

   But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

6. John 15:12–1329 votes

   This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

7. Revelation 1:525 votes

   and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

8. 1 Peter 3:1823 votes

   For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

9. Acts 20:2822 votes

   Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

10. Matthew 20:2819 votes

    just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

11. Ephesians 5:2514 votes
12. Titus 2:1314 votes
13. 1 John 2:613 votes

    Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

14. Romans 16:412 votes
15. Revelation 5:911 votes
16. John 10:1510 votes
17. Philippians 2:1710 votes
18. 1 Peter 2:247 votes

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

19. Philippians 2:306 votes
20. 1 Peter 1:186 votes

Which verses point to 1 John 3:16?

The 10 strongest of 71.

• Romans 5:8 96
• Psalm 133:1 39
• John 10:11 31
• Matthew 25:35 29
• 1 Corinthians 13:4 26
• John 13:34 23
• 1 John 4:7 22
• 1 John 4:9 19
• 1 Corinthians 13:5 18
• Mark 8:34 17