The Cross

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

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

wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished.” He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

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

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

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. — read the full passage →

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.

Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

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

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. — read the full passage →

and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

save yourself, and come down from the cross!”

and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they compelled him to go with them, that he might carry his cross.

Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

For you were going astray like sheep; but now have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed. — read the full passage →

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me. — read the full passage →

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the plunder with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

When they led him away, they grabbed one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it after Jesus.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Thus says Yahweh, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

having stripped the principalities and the powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.

who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, — read the full passage →

He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,

And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left.

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.

“Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks out from the north, and a great destruction. — read the full passage →

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,

For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him; — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, — read the full passage →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God. — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. — read the full passage →

him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, — read the full passage →

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me. — read the full passage →

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him insulted him.

They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

“Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.’”