Ephesians 5:1-2
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Walk in Love
5:1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
1 Corinthians 15:19-23
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19 If in Christ we have hope [1] in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
Romans 5:1-11
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Peace with God Through Faith
5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we [2] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith [3] into this grace in which we stand, and we [4] rejoice [5] in hope of the glory of God. 3 More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:21
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21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Isaiah 53
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53:1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? [6]
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected [7] by men;
a man of sorrows, [8] and acquainted with [9] grief; [10]
and as one from whom men hide their faces [11]
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
9 And they made his grave with the wicked
and with a rich man in his death,
although he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief; [12]
when his soul makes [13] an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see [14] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,
make many to be accounted righteous,
and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, [15]
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, [16]
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.
Footnotes
[1] 15:19 Or we have hoped
[2] 5:1 Some manuscripts let us
[3] 5:2 Some manuscripts omit by faith
[4] 5:2 Or let us; also verse 3
[5] 5:2 Or boast; also verses 3, 11
[6] 53:1 Or Who has believed what we have heard?
[7] 53:3 Or forsaken
[8] 53:3 Or pains; also verse 4
[9] 53:3 Or and knowing
[10] 53:3 Or sickness; also verse 4
[11] 53:3 Or as one who hides his face from us
[12] 53:10 Or he has made him sick
[13] 53:10 Or when you make his soul
[14] 53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light
[15] 53:12 Or with the great
[16] 53:12 Or with the numerous