9 Bible Verses about Jesus Freely Giving His Life

No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it as a free gift. I have the right to give it and I have the right to take it back. I have gotten this order from my Father."

We know what love is from the fact that He laid down His life for us; and so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

who gave Himself as a ransom for all, a fact that was testified to at the proper time,

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

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my own life for my sheep.

This is why the Father loves me, because I am giving my own life to take it back again. No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it as a free gift. I have the right to give it and I have the right to take it back. I have gotten this order from my Father."

I have been crucified with Christ, and I myself no longer live, but Christ is living in me; the life I now live as a mortal man I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.

You married men must love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her,

while we are waiting for the realization of our blessed hope at the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus,