Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
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John · John 15
John 15:13
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12“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
After
14You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
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