John 15:12-13
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of John 15 · Words of Christ are set in red.
8 songs meet this passage
“You're the blood of my blood”
Brother (feat. Gavin DeGraw) · NEEDTOBREATHE
resonates with John 15:12-13
Reflects the sacrificial, covenantal love Jesus calls his followers to have for one another.
“I would die for you, I would lie for you”
Die For You · The Weeknd
strains against John 15:13
Jesus ties self-sacrifice to truth and selfless love; pairing 'die for you' with 'lie for you' hollows out the sacrificial language into something self-serving.
Grenade · Bruno Mars
resonates with John 15:13
The willingness to lay down one's life echoes Christ's own definition of love, though here it's twisted into martyrdom for someone who offers nothing back.
“And you give yourself away”
With or Without You · U2
resonates with John 15:13
This repeated line captures total self-giving love, mirroring the costly love Jesus describes as the greatest kind.
“I will lay me down”
Bridge Over Troubled Water · Simon & Garfunkel
resonates with John 15:13
Laying oneself down as a bridge for another echoes the self-sacrificial love Jesus describes as the greatest love.
“none of them will ever love you the way I do”
You've Got a Friend In Me · Randy Newman
resonates with John 15:13
The devotion claimed here, however small in scale, gestures toward the greater self-giving love Jesus describes among friends.
“A hero's not afraid to give his life”
Hero · Skillet
resonates with John 15:13
The idea of a hero laying down his life for others reflects the greatest love Jesus names and then enacts himself.
“El que ama su vida la da”
Amar y Querer · José José
resonates with John 15:13
The idea of giving one's life as the measure of love directly parallels Jesus' words about laying down one's life for others.