John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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Study Note
Jesus's declaration 'greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends' defines love by its ultimate expression — self-sacrifice. The verse foreshadows the crucifixion, which the Gospel has been building toward since chapter 1, framing the cross as the supreme act of friendship rather than merely legal or penal transaction. The category 'friends' (philoi) rather than 'servants' (douloi) signals an elevated relational status — verse 15 explicitly notes that Jesus no longer calls disciples servants but friends. Augustine, Aquinas, and modern virtue ethicists have found in this verse a definition of Christian love that distinguishes it from both eros (erotic love) and storge (natural affection) through its voluntarily sacrificial character.
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Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
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