9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

No one takes it from me, I lay it down of my own accord: I have power to lay it down and also power to take it up again; I have my Father's orders for this.

We know what love is by this, that He laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for the brotherhood.

the man Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for all": ??in due time this was attested,

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

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

This is why my Father loves me, because I lay down my life to take it up again. No one takes it from me, I lay it down of my own accord: I have power to lay it down and also power to take it up again; I have my Father's orders for this.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, Christ lives in me; the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in 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 up for her

awaiting the blessed hope of the appearance of the Glory of the great God and of our Saviour Christ Jesus,