Joh 10:11, 15, Rom 5:7-8, Eph 5:2, 1Jo 3:16 | ISV | STEP | “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 10:11

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down ^{▼▼Other mss. read gives} his life for the sheep.Isa 40:11; Ezek 34:12, 23; 37:24; Heb 13:20; 1Pet 2:25; 5:4

John 10:15

15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down ^{▼▼Other mss. read give} my life for the sheep.Matt 11:27; John 15:13

Romans 5:7-8

7 For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person. 8 But God demonstrates his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.John 15:13; 1Pet 3:18; 1John 3:16; 4:9-10

Ephesians 5:2

2 Live in love as Christ also loved us ^{▼▼Other mss. read you} and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God.Gen 8:21; Lev 1:9; John 13:34; 15:12; 2Cor 2:15; Gal 1:4; 2:20; 1Thes 4:9; Heb 7:27; 1John 3:11, 16, 23; 4:21

1 John 3:16

16 This is how we have come to know love: Christ ^{▼▼Lit. he} gave his life for us. We, too, ought to give our lives for our brothers.John 3:16; 15:13; Rom 5:8; Eph 5:2, 25; Eph 5:2, 25, 1John 4:9, 11