¹⁵ just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep.

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.^(A)

² and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.^(A)

²⁷ All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.^(A)

⁴ who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,^(A)

¹⁸ For Christ also suffered^[a] for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you^[b] to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,^(A)

²⁴ He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross,^[a] so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds^[b] you have been healed.^(A)

² and walk in love, as Christ loved us^[a] and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.^(A)

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