Laying Down Life

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

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

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

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

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

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.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son. — read the full passage →

let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony to be borne in its own times;

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die. — read the full passage →

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

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision:

doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

No one taketh it away 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 received I from my Father.

For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

These things I command you, that ye may love one another.

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

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.

And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

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

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; — read the full passage →

and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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

Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you.

Jesus answereth, Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the laying on of my hands.

Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. — read the full passage →

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues.

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands upon them.

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. — read the full passage →

Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. — read the full passage →

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Thus saith Jehovah: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not. — read the full passage →

And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith Jehovah.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. — read the full passage →

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins, — read the full passage →

For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts;

Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

Against an elder receive not an accusation, except at the mouth of two or three witnesses.

through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

and when I was present with you and was in want, I was not a burden on any man; for the brethren, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in everything I kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that wasthere, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →

and when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that even for a whole year they were gathered together with the church, and taught much people; and that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

And straightway in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, that he is the Son of God. — read the full passage →

No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha. — read the full passage →

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey.

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!

And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, even mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.

And every one that hath this hope set on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city, as I gave thee charge;

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

This thou knowest, that all that are in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

whereunto I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth, I lie not), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

And if any man obeyeth not our word by this epistle, note that man, that ye have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.