Why, a man will hardly die for the just — though one might bring oneself to die, if need be, for a good man.
We know what love is by this, that He laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for the brotherhood.
who have risked their lives for me; I thank them, and not only I but all the Gentile churches as well.
To lay life down for his friends, man has no greater love than that.
(for he was a good man, full of the holy Spirit and faith). Considerable numbers of people were brought in for the Lord.
For the heart of this people is obtuse, their ears are heavy of hearing, their eyes they have closed, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they understand with their heart and turn again, and I cure them.
For when we were still in weakness, Christ died in due time for the ungodly. For the ungodly!
But God proves his love for us by this, that Christ died for us when we were still sinners.