By this perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
The charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us. Jesus Christ, therefore, who laid down his life for us, was God. It is true at present the words of God are wanting in most Greek manuscripts: yet the Protestant translation has them. (Witham)
