9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it of my own accord. I have power to give it, and I have power to take it back again. These are the orders I have received from my Father."

We know what love means from the fact that he laid down his life for us; so we also ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

who gave himself as a ransom for all men. This is what was testified to at the proper times,

I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd will give his life for his sheep.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my life for my sheep.

This is why the Father loves me, because I am giving my life, but giving it to take it back again. No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it of my own accord. I have power to give it, and I have power to take it back again. These are the orders I have received from my Father."

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me. The life I am now living in the body I am living by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.

You who are husbands must love your wives, just as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her,

while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus.