Devine Scripture

John 15:13

John chapter 15 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Context

v.12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.

v.13This passage

v.14Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 10:15

    even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

  • Ephesians 5:2

    and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

  • Romans 5:6

    For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

  • 1 John 4:7

    Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

  • John 10:11

    I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.