John 15:13
No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
In Context
12This is my precept: that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
14You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you.
Cross References
John 10:15just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for my sheep.
Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness.
Matthew Henry on John 15:10-18
Christ's Love to His Disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my… Read the whole commentary →