Cross References

John 15:13

New English Translation

No one has greater love than this – that one lays down his life for his friends.

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“I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

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

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

And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.

and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.