Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Parallel translations
- KJV Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- BSB Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- NKJV Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
- NASB Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends.
- NLT There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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Cross-references · 5
- John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
- Eph 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Rom 5:6–8For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
- John 10:15even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
- 1 Jn 4:7–11Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.
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