²⁸ just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,^(A) and to give His life—a ransom for many.”^(B)

⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man^(A) did not come to be served, but to serve,^(B) and to give His life^(C)—a ransom^(D) for many.”^[a](E)

²¹ He made the One who did not know sin^(A) to be sin^[a] for us,^(B) so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

¹³ Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us,^(A) because it is written: Everyone who is hung on a tree is cursed.^(B)[a]

Love in Action

¹⁶ This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life^(A) for us.^(B) We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.^(C)