Isaiah 53:4-6
4 aSurely he has borne our griefsand carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
bsmitten by God, and afflicted.
5 cBut he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
dand with his wounds we are healed.
6 eAll we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
fand the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Romans 5:6-8
6For gwhile we were still weak, at the right time hChrist died for the ungodly. 7For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8but iGod shows his love for us in that jwhile we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Romans 8:3
3For kGod has done what the law, lweakened by the flesh, mcould not do. nBy sending his own Son oin the likeness of sinful flesh and pfor sin, ▼▼Or and as a sin offering
he condemned sin in the flesh, 2 Corinthians 5:21
21 rFor our sake he made him to be sin swho knew no sin, so that in him we might become tthe righteousness of God.Galatians 1:4
4 uwho gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present vevil age, according to the will of wour God and Father,Galatians 3:13
13Christ xredeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, y“Cursed is everyone who is hanged zon a tree”—1 Peter 2:21-24
21For aato this you have been called, abbecause Christ also suffered for you, acleaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 adHe committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 aeWhen he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, afbut continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. 24 agHe himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we ahmight die to sin and ailive to righteousness. ajBy his wounds you have been healed.1 Peter 4:1
Stewards of God’s Grace
1Since therefore akChrist suffered in the flesh, ▼▼Some manuscripts add for us; some for you
amarm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for anwhoever has suffered in the flesh aohas ceased from sin,
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