9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down voluntarily. I have authority (jurisdiction) (right) to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment from my Father.

By this we know love, because he (Jesus) gave his life for us. We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

He gave himself as a ransom for all. A witness was to be given at the right time.

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

Just as the Father knows me I know the Father! I lay down my life for the sheep.

The Father loves me. Therefore I lay down my life and I take it back again. No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down voluntarily. I have authority (jurisdiction) (right) to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment from my Father.

I have been impaled with Christ. It is no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me. The life that I now live in the flesh (physical body) I live by faith. This is the faith that is in the Son of God. He loved me and gave himself up for me.

Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself up for it.

Look for the blessed hope and appearance of the glory of the great God. And look for our Savior, Jesus Christ.