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No Greater Love

John 15:13

In 9 translations

BSB
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
KJV
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
WEB
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
ASV
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
LSV
greater love has no one than this, that anyone may lay down his life for his friends;
YLT
greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
DBY
No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.
DRC
Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
GNV
Greater loue then this hath no man, when any man bestoweth his life for his friendes.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην οὐδεὶς ἔχει, ἵνα τις τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ.
RP2018
Μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην οὐδεὶς ἔχει, ἵνα τις τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην οὐδεὶς ἔχει, ἵνα τις τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ.
SCR1894
μειζονα ταυτης αγαπην ουδεις εχει ινα τις την ψυχην αυτου θη υπερ των φιλων αυτου

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
  • Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
  • Romans 5:6–8For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God proves His love…
  • John 10:15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
  • 1 John 4:7–11Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God’s love was revealed…

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