11 translations · Greek
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- KJV King James Version
- Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- greater love has no one than this, that anyone may lay down his life for his friends;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- There is no greater love than to give your life for your friends.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
- DBY Darby Translation
- No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| μείζονα | meizona | Greater | G3173 μέγας great |
| ταύτης | tautēs | than this | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| ἀγάπην | agapēn | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| οὐδεὶς | oudeis | no one | G3762 οὐδείς none |
| ἔχει | echei | has | G2192 ἔχω to have/be |
| ἵνα | hina | that | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| τις | tis | [he] | G5100 τις one |
| τὴν | tēn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ψυχὴν | psychēn | life | G5590 ψυχή soul |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | his | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| θῇ | thē | lay down | G5087 τίθημι to place |
| ὑπὲρ | hyper | for | G5228 ὑπέρ above/for |
| τῶν | tōn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| φίλων | philōn | friends | G5384 φίλος friendly/friend |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | his | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
Related verses
- John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
- Ephesians 5:2
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Romans 5:6–8
For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die. But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- John 10:15
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
- 1 John 4:7–11
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God. He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. …
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
11 I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn’t know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
Read all of John 15 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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