Verse 13

John 15:13

New King James Version

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

Original Language Text

greek

μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην οὐδεὶς ἔχει, ἵνα τις τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ.

English Translation

Greater love than this has no one, that someone lays down his life for his friends.

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Chapter 15 Context

1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Focus ↗

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he pu... Focus ↗

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Focus ↗

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; n... Focus ↗

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth muc... Focus ↗

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and ca... Focus ↗

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto y... Focus ↗

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. Focus ↗

9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. Focus ↗

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments,... Focus ↗

11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be ful... Focus ↗

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

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

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Focus ↗

15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have call... Focus ↗

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fr... Focus ↗

17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. Focus ↗

18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. Focus ↗

19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I ha... Focus ↗

20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have perse... Focus ↗

21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent m... Focus ↗

22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their s... Focus ↗

23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. Focus ↗

24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have... Focus ↗

25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated m... Focus ↗

26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth,... Focus ↗

27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. Focus ↗

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