...love and loyalty for the other person. Jesus put it still more heroically and totally: There is no greater love than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends (John 15:13). 1n this context we understand Jesus' other words: Whoever tries to preserve their life...

...endure. (1 Cor. 13:4-7) Add to Paul's eloquent definition of love Jesus' revelation that There is no greater love than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends" (John 15:13), and we see that love is not a powder puff emotion but, instead, the generous self-giving...

...(glory of God, salvation of souls, service of one's brethren, etc.). Thus, in John 15: 13: "There is no greater love than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." Therefore laying down one's life for another cannot be contrary to the faith or story or meaning of...

...rich and certain know!edge that they are the friends of God. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for onefe friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer,...

...death. It is a crime on the part of his enemies, but Jesus makes it an act of free love: "There is no greater love than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends" (Jn 15:13). You can reflect on the deep meaning of the Last Supper while slowly reading St. John, chapters...

...command to tend the sheep. Peter's martyrdom will prove the sincerity of his love, for Jesus said, "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends" (15:13). The saying of Jesus in verse 18 was probably a proverb concerning youth and old age. Here...

...told his intimate companions gathered together for a final meal: One can have no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. "You are my friends" (Jn 15:13-14). The gospel command to love as Jesus did requires us to commit ourselves seriously to...

...Gospel is Jesus' death interpreted as an act of friendship love: "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater...than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." (15:12-13). The giving of one's life for another is the ultimate gift; no one can ask for more, or...

...truly the vehicle of Christ's love? "This is my commandment," Jesus says, "love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." (John 15:12-13) To give life is to let Christ live through me; it is to give it to others by living...

...side comes the first test: We know Christ's friendship for us because of what he has done for us: " 'No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.' " The reasoning behind this test of friendship is that the depth and extent of self-giving love is...