Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 10:11
I am the Good Shepherd; the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.
John 10:15
As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
Romans 5:6-8
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For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
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For scarcely will one die for a righteous man, yet perhaps for a good man some would even dare to die.
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But God commendeth His love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor.
1 John 4:7-11
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Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God.
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He that loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love.
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In this was manifested the love of God toward us: that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
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Herein is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.