Cross References

John 15:13

New American Bible - revised edition

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

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I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more.

I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.

And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.

and live in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.

The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.