ASV: Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
BBE: In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
DBY: Hereby we have known love, because he has laid down his life for us; and we ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.
KJV: Hereby 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.
WEY: We know what love is--through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.
WBS: By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
WEB: By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. John's Second Letter
YLT: in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;
