13 No one has [any] greater love than to give up his life for his friends.
John 15:13 Cross References - AUV
John 10:11
11 “I am the good shepherd; and a good shepherd [is willing] to die for the sheep.
John 10:15
15 just like the Father knows me [intimately] and I know the Father [that way]. And I [am about to] give up my life for the sheep.
Romans 5:6-8
6 For while we were still helpless, at [just] the proper time, Christ died for ungodly people.
7 Someone would not likely die to rescue a righteous person, though possibly someone would dare to die in order to rescue a good person.
8 But God demonstrates His own love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
Ephesians 5:2
2 Live in a loving way, just like Christ loved us and gave Himself up [to die] for us as an offering and fragrant smelling sacrifice to God.
1 John 4:7-11
7 Loved ones, we should have love for one another, because love comes from [the very nature of] God, and every person who [continually] loves [others] has been [spiritually] conceived by God [See 2:29; 3:9], and knows [he is in fellowship with] God.
8 The person who does not love [others] does not know God [as Savior], for [the very nature of] God is love.
9 Here is the way God’s love for us was demonstrated; He sent His one and only Son into the world so that we could have [spiritual] life through Him.
10 Here is [the essence of] love: [It is] not that we loved God [first], but that He loved us [See Rom. 5:6-8] and sent His Son to be a “covering over” [i.e., atonement, 2:2] for our sins.
11 Loved ones, if God loved us that much, we should also love one another.