Rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though perhaps for a good person someone might even dare to die.
For the heart of this people has become dull; with their ears they have barely heard, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn back, and I would heal them.’
No one has greater love than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a large number of people were added to the Lord.
who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
For when we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
But God demonstrated his own love for us in that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.