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.
Ver. 16. Because he laid down] See Trapp on " Joh 15:13 " See Trapp on " Rom 5:8 "
We ought also to lay down our lives] If Pylades can offer to die for Orestes merely for a name, or out of carnal affection at the best; should not Christians lay down their own necks one for another, as Aquila and Priscilla did for Paul? Romans 16:4 .