Joh 15:13, 1Pe 3:18, 1Jo 3:16, 4:9-10 | ISV | STEP | No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends.

John 15:13

13 No one shows ^{▼▼Lit. has} greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends.John 10:11, 15; Rom 5:7-8; Eph 5:2; 1John 3:16

1 Peter 3:18

18 For Christ also suffered ^{▼▼Other mss. read died} for sins once for all, an innocent person for the guilty, so that he could bring you ^{▼▼Other mss. read us} to God. He was put to death in the sphere of the flesh but was made alive in the sphere of the spirit, ^{▼▼Or Spirit}Rom 1:4; 5:6; 8:11; 2Cor 13:4; Col 1:21-22; Heb 9:26, 28; 1Pet 2:21; 4:1

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

1 John 4:9-10

9 This is how God's love was revealed among us: God sent his unique Son into the world so that we might live through him.John 3:16; Rom 5:8; 8:32; 1John 3:16; 5:11 10 This is love: not that we have loved ^{▼▼Other mss. read we loved} God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.John 15:16; Rom 5:8, 10; Titus 3:4; 1John 2:2