John 15:13 Cross References
John 15:13
13: And here is how to measure it--the greatest love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends.
John 10:11
- "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Ephesians 5:2
- Live a life filled with love for others, following the example of Christ, who loved you and gave himself as a sacrifice to take away your sins. And God was pleased, because that sacrifice was like sweet perfume to him.
John 10:15
- just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.
Romans 5:6
- When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.
- Now, no one is likely to die for a good person, though someone might be willing to die for a person who is especially good.
- But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
1 John 4:7
- Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
- But anyone who does not love does not know God--for God is love.
- God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
- This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
- Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.