“No one has greater love than this: that one should lay down his life for his friends.
“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.
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
even as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
“And for them I set Myself apart, so that they too might be set apart in truth.
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.
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.