9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father.”

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.

who gave Himself—a ransom for all,
a testimony at the proper time.

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. I lay down My life for the sheep.

This is why the Father loves Me, because I am laying down My life so I may take it up again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father.”

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

while we wait for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.