And God showed his love for us by sending his only Son into the world, so that we might have life through him.

This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.

like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people."

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.

(SEE 10:14)

The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them.

So keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock which the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he made his own through the blood of his Son.

But God has shown us how much he loves us---it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!

Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

as we wait for the blessed Day we hope for, when the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ will appear.

For you know what was paid to set you free from the worthless manner of life handed down by your ancestors. It was not something that can be destroyed, such as silver or gold;

Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.

For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually,

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first to be raised from death and who is also the ruler of the kings of the world. He loves us, and by his sacrificial death he has freed us from our sins

They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to break open its seals. For you were killed, and by your sacrificial death you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.

if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live just as Jesus Christ did.

Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another.

And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you.

The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them.

they risked their lives for me. I am grateful to them---not only I, but all the Gentile churches as well.

Perhaps my life's blood is to be poured out like an offering on the sacrifice that your faith offers to God. If that is so, I am glad and share my joy with you all.

because he risked his life and nearly died for the sake of the work of Christ, in order to give me the help that you yourselves could not give.