ACC ~ 1 John 3 v16

BE READY TO LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE. TERTULLIAN: John tells us that we must be ready to lay down our lives for our friends. If that is true, how much more should we be ready to lay them down for Christ? ON FLIGHT IN TIME OF PERSECUTION 9.3.

READINESS TO DIE FOR CHRIST. AUGUSTINE: We have been given the privilege of being able to lay down our lives for our brothers. But are you prepared to die for Christ? TRACTATES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 47.11.

HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US. BEDE: Christ has taught us by the example of his own passion what kind of love we ought to have in us. “For greater love has no man than this, than a man should lay down his life for his friends.” ON 1 JOHN.

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