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OET (OET-LV) No_one is_having love greater than this:
that someone may_lay the life of_himself for the friends of_him.
μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην οὐδεὶς ἔχει, ἵνα τις τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ
greater_‹than› this love no_one /is/_having that someone the life ˱of˲_himself /may/_lay for the friends ˱of˲_him
Alternate translation: “The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to voluntarily die for them” or “The best way that a person can show that he loves his friends is to willingly die for them”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τὴν ψυχὴν
the life
Here, life refers to physical life. It does not refer to eternal life. If this would confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “physical life”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ θῇ
the life ˱of˲_himself /may/_lay
See how you translated the similar phrase in 10:11.
15:1-27 Jesus prepared his disciples for his departure, instructing them to remain in close fellowship with him. The image of a grapevine illustrates both intimacy and fruitfulness. To sustain genuine spiritual life in the world, believers must remain intimately connected to Christ.
OET (OET-LV) No_one is_having love greater than this:
that someone may_lay the life of_himself for the friends of_him.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.