Human Sacrifice

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!

But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.

For the Son of man also came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name. — read the full passage →

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

neither present your members unto sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen. — read the full passage →

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,

And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. — read the full passage →

Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings andsacrificesfor sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law),

But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.

Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;