John 15:13 - The Scriptures 1998

¹³ “No one has greater love than this: that one should lay down his life for his friends.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Common English Bible

¹³ No one has greater love than to give up one’s life for one’s friends.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13 Cross References

Luke 12:4

“But I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that are unable to do any more.

John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

John 10:15

even as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

John 17:19

“And for them I set Myself apart, so that they too might be set apart in truth.

Ephesians 5:2

And walk in love, as Messiah also has loved us, and gave Himself for us, a gift and an offering to Elohim for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

1 John 3:16

By this we have known love, because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.