9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."

We know what love is--through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.

who gave Himself as the redemption price for all--a fact testified to at its own appointed time,

"I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep.

For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again. No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me; and the life which I now live in the body I live through faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself up to death on my behalf.

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

in expectation of the fulfilment of our blessed hope--the Appearing in glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;