The New Testament says that Jesus died for our sins, according to the Scriptures. He gave His life as a ransom for many, bore our sins in His body, and brought people to God; His death is called an expression of God’s love.
What Does the Bible Say About This?
- Paul presents this as the first thing he received: Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures (1 Cor 15:3). The author of Hebrews writes that Christ appeared once to do away with sin by His sacrifice (Heb 9:26).
- Jesus Himself says that the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45).
- Paul sees proof of God’s love in the fact that Christ died for us while we were still sinners; through the death of His Son, we who were enemies were reconciled to God (Rom 5:8–10).
- Peter writes that Christ bore our sins in His body on the tree so that we might live for righteousness (1 Pet 2:24); the righteous One suffered for the unrighteous to bring us to God (1 Pet 3:18).
- The prophet Isaiah speaks of the One who suffered for our transgressions: the Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all (Isa 53:4–6). Peter applies these words to Christ (1 Pet 2:24).
The brief answer was prepared by the editorial team; the verse texts are from the Father’s Blessing Bible.
Key Scripture Passages
7 Scripture passages · Father’s Blessing Bible
1 Corinthians 15:3
For I delivered to you first of all what I also myself received, namely, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
Mark 10:45
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.
Romans 5:8–10
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
1 Peter 2:24
He Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes we were healed.
Isaiah 53:4–6
4 He took upon Himself our infirmities and bore our diseases; yet we considered that He was stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. 6 We all went astray like sheep, each turning to his own way; and the Lord laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit.
Hebrews 9:26
Otherwise, He would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world; but now He has appeared once, at the end of the ages, to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
