How does 1 John 3:16 connect with John 15:13 on sacrificial love?
I have learned that references to the fact that Jesus laid down his life using the verb τίθημι -- tithémi -- are unique to the Gospel of John (10:11, 15, 17, 18; 13:37, 38; 15:13) and 1 John (only here). --1 John 3:16 "By this we know love, that d he laid down his life for us, and e we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers." -- John 15:13 -- "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."
1 John 3:16 - 18
ESV - 16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
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