...as if to dispel his rambling thoughts, and opened the Bible. He began reading silently, "There is no greater love than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." After a few minutes reflecting on the verse, Dan struggled to read another passage, but eventually...

...up to and including his death on the cross, which is interpreted as a death for love: "There is no greater love than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends" (John 15:13); "It is precisely in this that God proves his love for us : that while we were still sinners,...

...the words practically jumped off the page. "Greater love has no one than this," verse 13 (TNIV) read, "to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends — and she is my friend — if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants I have called...

...wanted to characterize his followers. Jesus told his disciples, "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" (John 15:12-13). Jesus proved his friendship for us when he lay down his life for us on the cross....

...however, discover the transforming power of the cross and resurrection through prayerful dialogue: "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends" (John 15:13). South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission A remarkable example of a prophetic,...

...but the proof of true tenderness is action: the willingness to change our lives, to lose our lives. "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends" (John 15:13), and I have only to look at my own life, in which the effort required to, oh, say, answer...

...Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep" (John 10:11, 14-15 NRSV). "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends" (John 15:13 NRSV). Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador understood this well. Weeks before he was...

...those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it" (Mark 8:35, NRSV); "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends" (John 15:13, NRSV); "Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the...

...preached. All of the early disciples were willing to put their lives on the line for what they believed. "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends." John 15: 13 (NAB) Many men and woman fear their fathers; many more fear our Heavenly Father, because...