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15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.

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15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father(A)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.(B)

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11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.

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Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.

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who gave himself for our sins(A) to rescue us from the present evil age,(B) according to the will of our God and Father,(C)

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He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

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He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(A) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(B)

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27 “My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

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27 “All things have been committed to me(A) by my Father.(B) No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.(C)

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10 But it was the Lord’s good plan to crush him
    and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
    he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
    and the Lord’s good plan will prosper in his hands.

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10 Yet it was the Lord’s will(A) to crush(B) him and cause him to suffer,(C)
    and though the Lord makes[a] his life an offering for sin,(D)
he will see his offspring(E) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper(F) in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make

18 Christ suffered[a] for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:18a Some manuscripts read died.
  2. 3:18b Or in spirit.

18 For Christ also suffered once(A) for sins,(B) the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.(C) He was put to death in the body(D) but made alive in the Spirit.(E)

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24 He personally carried our sins
    in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
    and live for what is right.
By his wounds
    you are healed.

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24 “He himself bore our sins”(A) in his body on the cross,(B) so that we might die to sins(C) and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”(D)

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For,

There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus. He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone.

This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time.

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For there is one God(A) and one mediator(B) between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,(C) who gave himself as a ransom(D) for all people. This has now been witnessed to(E) at the proper time.(F)

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Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us[a] and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:2 Some manuscripts read loved you.

and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(A) and gave himself up for us(B) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(C)

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13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

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13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.(A)

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17 “The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again. 18 No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.”

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17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life(A)—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.(B) I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”(C)

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28 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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28 just as the Son of Man(A) did not come to be served, but to serve,(B) and to give his life as a ransom(C) for many.”

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