Verse 4

Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 In which you were living in the past, after the ways of this present world, doing the pleasure of the lord of the power of the air, the spirit who is now working in those who go against the purpose of God;
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 Because the god of this world has made blind the minds of those who have not faith, so that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not be shining on them.
  • Rom 4:25 : 25 Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness.
  • Phil 4:20 : 20 Now to God our Father be glory for ever and ever. So be it.
  • 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
  • 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 Who gave himself as an offering for all; witness of which was to be given at the right time;
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • Heb 6:5 : 5 With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
  • 1 John 2:2 : 2 He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.
  • 1 John 2:15-17 : 15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world. 17 And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
  • 1 John 5:4-5 : 4 Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith. 5 Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?
  • 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One. 20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
  • 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
  • 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
  • Eph 6:12 : 12 For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.
  • Matt 26:28 : 28 Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
  • Matt 26:42 : 42 Again, a second time he went away, and said in prayer, O my Father, if this may not go from me without my taking it, let your pleasure be done.
  • Mark 10:45 : 45 For truly the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
  • Luke 22:19 : 19 And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.
  • Luke 22:42 : 42 Father, if it is your pleasure, take this cup from me: but still, let your pleasure, not mine, be done.
  • John 5:30 : 30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
  • John 6:38 : 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
  • John 10:11 : 11 I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
  • John 10:17-18 : 17 For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it away from me; I give it up of myself. I have power to give it up, and I have power to take it again. These orders I have from my Father.
  • John 12:31 : 31 Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.
  • John 14:30-31 : 30 After this I will not say much to you, because the ruler of this world comes: and he has no power over me; 31 But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you. 19 If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.
  • John 17:14-15 : 14 I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.
  • Rom 1:7 : 7 To all those who are in Rome, loved by God, marked out as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:
  • Rom 8:27 : 27 And he who is the searcher of hearts has knowledge of the mind of the Spirit, because he is making prayers for the saints in agreement with the mind of God.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
  • Isa 65:17 : 17 For see, I am making a new heaven and a new earth: and the past things will be gone completely out of mind.
  • Matt 6:9 : 9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
  • Gal 6:14 : 14 But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.
  • Eph 1:2-3 : 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
  • Heb 10:4-9 : 4 Because it is not possible for the blood of oxen and goats to take away sins. 5 So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me; 6 You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book). 8 After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them, 9 Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place. 10 By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.
  • Heb 2:5 : 5 For he did not make the angels rulers over the world to come, of which I am writing.
  • Rev 7:9 : 9 After these things I saw a great army of people more than might be numbered, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and languages, taking their places before the high seat and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and with branches in their hands,