Other translations
American Standard Version
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“There is no greater love than this: that a person would lay down his life for the sake of his friends.”
Darby Bible Translation
No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
God's Word
The greatest love you can show is to give your life for your friends.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.
International Standard Version
No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends.
NET Bible
No one has greater love than this--that one lays down his life for his friends.
New American Standard Bible
"Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
New International Version
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.
New Living Translation
There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.
Webster's Bible Translation
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Weymouth New Testament
No one has greater love than this--a man laying down his life for his friends.
The World English Bible
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
EasyEnglish Bible
A person really loves his friends if he dies so that they can live. Nobody could love anyone more than that.
Young‘s Literal Translation
greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
New Life Version
No one can have greater love than to give his life for his friends.
Revised Geneva Translation
“No one has greater love than this: when he lays down his life for his friends.
The Voice Bible
There is no greater way to love than to give your life for your friends.
Living Bible
And here is how to measure it—the greatest love is shown when a person lays down his life for his friends;
New Catholic Bible
No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.
Legacy Standard Bible
Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his soul for his friends.
Christian Standard Bible
No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends.
Amplified Bible © 1954
No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.
New Century Version
The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends.
The Message
“I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you. I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
No one has greater love than this: that someone lays down his life for his friends.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
Greater love has no one than this, that a person lays down · his life for · his friends.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
New Matthew Bible
Greater love than this has no man, than to bestow his life for his friends.
Good News Translation®
The greatest love you can have for your friends is to give your life for them.
Wycliffe Bible
No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.
New Testament for Everyone
No one has a love greater than this, to lay down your life for your friends.
Contemporary English Version
The greatest way to show love for friends is to die for them.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
J.B. Phillips New Testament
“I have loved you just as the Father has loved me. You must go on living in my love. If you keep my commandments you will live in my love just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and live in his love. I have told you this so that you can share my joy, and that your happiness may be complete. This is my commandment: that you love each other as I have loved you. There is no greater love than this—that a man should lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I tell you to do. I shall not call you servants any longer, for a servant does not share his master’s confidence. No, I call you friends, now, because I have told you everything that I have heard from the Father.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Common English Bible © 2011
No one has greater love than to give up one’s life for one’s friends.
Amplified Bible © 2015
No one has greater love [nor stronger commitment] than to lay down his own life for his friends.
English Standard Version Anglicised
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
New American Standard Bible
Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends.
The Expanded Bible
·The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends [L No one has greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends; C Jesus’ death is the ultimate expression of this principle].
Tree of Life Version
No one has greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
Revised Standard Version
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
New International Reader's Version
No one has greater love than the one who gives their life for their friends.
BRG Bible
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Complete Jewish Bible
No one has greater love than a person who lays down his life for his friends.
Worldwide English (New Testament)
The strongest love anyone can have is this. He will die to save his friends.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Ahavah (agape) gedolah than this no one has, that someone lay down his neshamah for his chaverim [BERESHIS 44:33].
Names of God Bible
The greatest love you can show is to give your life for your friends.
Modern English Version
Greater love has no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Easy-to-Read Version
The greatest love people can show is to die for their friends.
International Children’s Bible
The greatest love a person can show is to die for his friends.
Lexham English Bible
No one has greater love than this: that someone lay down his life for his friends.
New International Version - UK
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Disciples Literal New Testament
No one has greater love than this: that one lay-down his life for his friends.