1 John 3:16
Douay-Rheims
In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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?
Source details
A.D. 220 · on 1John 3:16 (ON FLIGHT IN TIME OF PERSECUTION 9.3)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.