John 10:15

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Summary

John 10:15

As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

As

Revelation 5:2

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General references

John 15:13

Bible References

As

Nobody has ever seen God, but God has been unfolded by the divine One, the only Son, who lies upon the Father's breast.

Not that anyone has seen the Father ??he only, who is from God, he has seen the Father.

but you do not understand him. I know him. Were I to say, 'I do not know him,' I would be a liar like yourselves; but I do know him and I hold to his word.

O just Father, though the world has not known thee, I have known thee, and they have known that thou hast sent me;

All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father ??nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

He thrilled with joy at that hour in the holy Spirit, saying, "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing this from the wise and learned and revealing it to the simple-minded; yes, Father, I praise thee that such was thy chosen purpose." Then turning to the disciples he said,

And I saw a strong angel exclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is fit to open the scroll, to break the seals of it?"

And i

I am the good shepherd; a good shepherd lays down his own life for the sheep.

just as the Son of man has not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil world ??by the will of our God and Father,

Christ ransomed us from the curse of the Law by becoming accursed for us (for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a gibbet),

and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

For "there is one God" and "one intermediary between God and men,

who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.

he bore our sins in his own body on the gibbet, that we might break with sin and live for righteousness; and by his wounds you have been healed.

Christ himself died for sins, once for all, a just man for unjust men, that he might bring us near to God; in the flesh he was put to death but he came to life in the Spirit.

he is himself the propitiation for our sins, though not for ours alone but also for the whole world.

singing a new song: "Thou deservest to take the scroll and open its seals, for thou wast slain and by shedding thy blood hast ransomed for God men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation;

General references

To lay life down for his friends, man has no greater love than that.