BECAUSE HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR USWe know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (1 John 3:16 )
and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. (Eph. 3:19 )
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. (John 10:15)
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13 )
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (Matthew 20:28 )
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. (2 Cor. 8:9 )
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (1 John 4:11 )
Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. (Eph. 4:32 )
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. (Col. 3:13 )
For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, (1 Pet. 2:21 )
"If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. "For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you (John 13:14, 15 )
Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. (Romans 16:4)
