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13 [a]No one has greater love than this,(A) to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

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  1. 15:13 For one’s friends: or: “those whom one loves.” In Jn 15:9–13a, the words for love are related to the Greek agapaō. In Jn 15:13b–15, the words for love are related to the Greek phileō. For John, the two roots seem synonymous and mean “to love”; cf. also Jn 21:15–17. The word philos is used here.

16 The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.(A)

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