9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from my Father."

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

who gave himself as a ransom for allthe testimony given at the proper time.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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

For this reason my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from my Father."

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

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,