9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again; this charge I received from my Father.

Herein we know love, in that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

who gave himself a ransom for all; to which the testimony was to be borne in its own due times,

I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I give my life for the sheep.

On this account the Father loveth me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again; this charge I received from my Father.

I have been crucified with Christ, and no longer do I live, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it,

looking for the blessed hope, and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ;