9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have a right to lay it down, and I have a right to take it again; this commandment have I received from my Father.

By this we have known love, 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, a testimony for its own times,

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I give my life for the sheep.

Therefore 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 myself. I have a right to lay it down, and I have a right to take it again; this commandment have I received from my Father.

I am crucified with Christ; and I no longer live myself, but Christ lives in me; and the present life which I live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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

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