1 Peter 3:18

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For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit.

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  • 1 Pet 4:1 : 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body on our behalf, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has ceased from sin.
  • Heb 9:28 : 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for Him.
  • Heb 9:26 : 26 Otherwise, He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
  • 1 Pet 4:6 : 6 For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they may be judged according to human standards in the body but live according to God in the spirit.
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
  • Rom 4:25 : 25 He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 13:4 : 4 For though He was crucified in weakness, He lives by the power of God. Likewise, we are weak in Him, but we will live with Him by God’s power for your benefit.
  • Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.'
  • Col 1:21-22 : 21 And you, who were once alienated and hostile in your minds because of your evil deeds, 22 He has now reconciled in His physical body through death to present you holy, blameless, and above reproach before Him—
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, who does not resist you.
  • 1 Pet 2:21-24 : 21 To this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example to follow in His footsteps. 22 He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth. 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly. 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
  • Eph 2:16-18 : 16 and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by which He put their hostility to death. 17 He came and proclaimed peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
  • Gal 1:4 : 4 who gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
  • Rom 8:11 : 11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • Rom 5:2 : 2 Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
  • Rom 5:6-8 : 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 might dare even to die. 8 But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  • Acts 3:14 : 14 You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you.
  • Acts 22:14 : 14 Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear words from His mouth.
  • Rom 1:4 : 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by His resurrection from the dead—Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Isa 53:4-6 : 4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds, we are healed. 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout aloud, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  • Matt 27:19 : 19 While he was seated on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him, saying, 'Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered greatly today in a dream because of Him.'
  • Matt 27:24 : 24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.'

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    19In that Spirit, He also went and preached to the spirits in prison.

  • 1 Pet 3:17
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    17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

  • 1 Pet 4:1-2
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    1Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body on our behalf, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has ceased from sin.

    2As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God.

  • 1 Pet 2:23-24
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    23When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

    24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.

  • Rom 6:10-11
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    10For the death He died, He died to sin once for all time; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

    11So you too consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • 1 Pet 4:6
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    6For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they may be judged according to human standards in the body but live according to God in the spirit.

  • Heb 9:26-28
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    26Otherwise, He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

    27And just as it is appointed for humans to die once, and after that comes judgment,

    28so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for Him.

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    21To this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example to follow in His footsteps.

  • Rom 5:6-8
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    6For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

    7For one will scarcely die for a righteous person, though perhaps for a good person one might dare even to die.

    8But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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    3For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

  • 2 Cor 5:21
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    21God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

  • Col 1:22
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    22He has now reconciled in His physical body through death to present you holy, blameless, and above reproach before Him—

  • Rom 3:24-25
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    24And all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

    25God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins previously committed.

  • 1 Pet 1:19-21
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    19but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.

    20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

    21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

  • 2 Tim 1:10
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    10and has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

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    7For the one who has died has been freed from sin.

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  • 2 Cor 4:10-11
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  • Eph 2:1
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    1And you were dead in your transgressions and sins.

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    2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

  • 1 Pet 3:21
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    21This water symbolizes baptism, which now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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    25He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

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    14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

    15And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

  • 2 Thess 1:5
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    5This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

  • Col 2:13
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    13And when you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ, forgiving us all our trespasses.

  • Gal 1:4
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    4who gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

  • Rom 8:3
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    3For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.

  • Titus 2:14
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    14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.

  • Rom 8:10
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    10But if Christ is in you, even though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.

  • Col 3:3
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    3For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

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    27He does not need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people. He did this once for all when he offered himself.

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    12So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through His own blood.

  • Heb 2:9
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    9But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

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    3For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.