9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down from Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment from My Father.

By this we have known the love of God, because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

Even as the Father knows Me, I also know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I might take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down from Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment from My Father.

I have been crucified with Christ, and I live; yet no longer I, but Christ lives in me. And that life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith toward the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself on my behalf.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for it,

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