By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.
And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,
Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
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