John 15:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • John 10:11 : 11 ‹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.›
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
  • John 10:15 : 15 ‹As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.›
  • Rom 5:6-8 : 6 ¶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
  • 1 John 4:7-9 : 7 ¶ Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • John 15:9-12
    4 verses
    83%

    9¶ ‹As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.›

    10‹If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.›

    11‹These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and› [that] ‹your joy might be full.›

    12‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.›

  • John 15:14-18
    5 verses
    79%

    14‹Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.›

    15‹Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.›

    16‹Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and› [that] ‹your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.›

    17‹These things I command you, that ye love one another.›

    18¶ ‹If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before› [it hated] ‹you.›

  • 1 John 3:16
    79%

    16Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.

  • John 13:34-35
    2 verses
    78%

    34‹A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.›

    35‹By this shall all› [men] ‹know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.›

  • John 10:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17‹Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.›

    18‹No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.›

  • John 10:11
    74%

    11‹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.›

  • John 13:15
    73%

    15‹For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.›

  • Rom 5:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

    8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

  • John 12:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25‹He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.›

    26‹If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will› [my] ‹Father honour.›

  • John 13:1
    72%

    1¶ Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

  • John 10:15
    72%

    15‹As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.›

  • John 14:15
    72%

    15¶ ‹If ye love me, keep my commandments.›

  • John 3:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15‹That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.›

    16‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›

  • Luke 12:4
    71%

    4‹And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.›

  • 1 John 4:9-11
    3 verses
    70%

    9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

  • John 11:36
    70%

    36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

  • John 14:28
    70%

    28¶ ‹Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come› [again] ‹unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.›

  • John 13:37
    70%

    37Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

  • 2 Cor 5:15
    70%

    15And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

  • John 16:27
    70%

    27‹For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.›

  • Matt 16:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, ‹If any› [man] ‹will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.›

    25‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.›

  • John 15:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4‹Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.›

    5‹I am the vine, ye› [are] ‹the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.›

  • Prov 18:24
    69%

    24¶ A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.

  • Acts 15:26
    69%

    26Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • John 14:21
    69%

    21‹He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.›

  • John 14:23
    69%

    23Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.›

  • John 12:33
    69%

    33This he said, signifying what death he should die.

  • John 11:5
    69%

    5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

  • John 21:19
    69%

    19This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, ‹Follow me.›

  • 1 John 3:14
    69%

    14¶ We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth in death.

  • John 14:31
    69%

    31‹But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.›

  • John 14:19
    69%

    19‹Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.›

  • Luke 9:24
    68%

    24‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.›

  • Mark 8:35
    68%

    35‹For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.›