¹¹ “^(A)I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd ^(B)lays down His life for the sheep.

⁴ who ^(A)gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from ^(B)this present evil ^[a]age, according to the will of ^(C)our God and Father,

²⁰ I have been ^(A)crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but ^(B)Christ lives in me; and ^[a]the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in ^(C)the Son of God, who ^(D)loved me and ^(E)gave Himself up for me.

² and ^(A)walk in love, just as Christ also ^(B)loved ^[a]you and ^(C)gave Himself up for us, an ^(D)offering and a sacrifice to God ^[b]as a ^(E)fragrant aroma.

⁶ who, although He ^(A)existed in the ^(B)form of God, ^(C)did not regard equality with God a thing to be ^[a]grasped, ⁷ but ^[b](D)emptied Himself, taking the form of a ^(E)bond-servant, and ^(F)being made in the likeness of men. ⁸ Being found in appearance as a man, ^(G)He humbled Himself by becoming ^(H)obedient to the point of death, even ^(I)death ^[c]on a cross.

¹⁶ We know love by this, that ^(A)He laid down His life for us; and ^(B)we ought to lay down our lives for the ^(C)brethren.