Thematic Bible: Expiation, sin-offering

God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed. Verse Concepts

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Verse Concepts

and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross -- through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven. And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds, but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him --

And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people's trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation.

In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Verse Concepts

and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world. Verse Concepts

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life? Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

Thematic Bible: Expiation, sin-offering

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