9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

"No man is taking it away from me. I am laying it down on my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

By this we learn to know love, because he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

who gave himself as a ransom in behalf of all, to be attested in due time.

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

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

"The Father loves me for this, because I am laying down my life that I may take it again. "No man is taking it away from me. I am laying it down on my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

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

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

While we look for the blessed hope and epiphany of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.