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Top 8 most popular verses about sacrifice
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
— John 3:16
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship."
— Romans 12:1
"Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.""
— Genesis 22:2
"But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them."
— 2 Samuel 24:24
"Then he said to them all: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.""
— Luke 9:23
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
— Romans 5:8
""Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.""
— Genesis 22:12
"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."
— 1 John 4:10
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"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
— John 3:16
Context: God's ultimate sacrifice - giving His Son for us.
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
— Romans 5:8
Context: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."
— 1 John 4:10
Context: God sent His Son as atoning sacrifice.
"and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."
— Ephesians 5:2
Context: Christ gave Himself as a fragrant sacrifice.
"But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself."
— Hebrews 9:26
Context: Christ appeared to do away with sin by His sacrifice.
"And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."
— Hebrews 10:10
Context: Made holy through Jesus' sacrifice once for all.
"For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect."
— 1 Peter 1:18-19
Context: Redeemed by the precious blood of Christ.
"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."
— Isaiah 53:5
Context: Pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities.
"Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand."
— Isaiah 53:10
Context: The Lord made His life an offering for sin.
"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
— 2 Corinthians 5:21
Context: Jesus became sin for us - we become righteousness.
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
— Galatians 2:20
Context: Christ gave Himself for me - crucified with Him.
"For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time."
— 1 Timothy 2:5-6
Context: Christ gave Himself as a ransom for all.
"who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good."
— Titus 2:14
Context: Jesus gave Himself to redeem and purify us.
"Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself."
— Hebrews 7:27
Context: Jesus offered Himself once for all.
"so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him."
— Hebrews 9:28
Context: Christ sacrificed once to take away sins.
"And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.""
— Revelation 5:9
Context: Christ slain - purchased people for God with His blood.
""He himself bore our sins" in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; "by his wounds you have been healed.""
— 1 Peter 2:24
Context: Jesus bore our sins on the cross - we are healed.
"and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."
— Colossians 1:20
Context: Peace made through Christ's blood on the cross.
Presenting our bodies and lives as offerings wholly devoted to God.
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship."
— Romans 12:1
Context: Offer your body as a living sacrifice - true worship.
"Then he said to them all: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.""
— Luke 9:23
Context: Deny yourself, take up your cross daily.
"In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples."
— Luke 14:33
Context: Give up everything to be His disciple.
"Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.""
— Matthew 16:24
Context: Deny yourself and take up your cross.
"But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ."
— Philippians 3:7-8
Context: Consider all as loss for the sake of Christ.
"So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well. If I love you more, will you love me less?"
— 2 Corinthians 12:15
Context: Gladly spend and expend myself for others.
"Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible."
— 1 Corinthians 9:19
Context: Made myself a slave to win as many as possible.
"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."
— Galatians 6:14
Context: Boast only in the cross - crucified to the world.
"But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you."
— Philippians 2:17
Context: Poured out like a drink offering for others.
"For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near."
— 2 Timothy 4:6
Context: Being poured out like a drink offering.
"However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace."
— Acts 20:24
Context: Life worth nothing - only aim to finish the race.
"Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it."
— Matthew 10:39
Context: Lose your life for Jesus to find it.
"Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life."
— John 12:24-25
Context: Die to produce much fruit - lose life to keep it.
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters."
— 1 John 3:16
Context: We ought to lay down our lives for others.
"And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased."
— Hebrews 13:16
Context: Do good and share - these sacrifices please God.
"I have received full payment and have more than enough. I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God."
— Philippians 4:18
Context: Gifts are fragrant offering, pleasing to God.
"you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ."
— 1 Peter 2:5
Context: Offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God.
The sacrifices required of those who follow Jesus wholeheartedly.
"Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.""
— Genesis 22:2
Context: Abraham called to sacrifice Isaac.
""Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.""
— Genesis 22:12
Context: Abraham did not withhold his only son.
"The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats."
— Exodus 12:5
Context: Passover lamb - without defect.
"If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the Lord."
— Leviticus 1:3
Context: Burnt offering must be without defect.
"For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life."
— Leviticus 17:11
Context: Blood makes atonement for life.
"In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness."
— Hebrews 9:22
Context: Without shedding of blood, no forgiveness.
"You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise."
— Psalm 51:16-17
Context: God desires broken spirit and contrite heart.
"But Samuel replied: "Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.""
— 1 Samuel 15:22
Context: To obey is better than sacrifice.
"For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings."
— Hosea 6:6
Context: God desires mercy and acknowledgment over sacrifice.
"With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."
— Micah 6:6-8
Context: Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly - not just sacrifice.
"The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship."
— Hebrews 10:1
Context: Old sacrifices were shadow, not reality.
"It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins."
— Hebrews 10:4
Context: Blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.
"Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it."
— Genesis 8:20
Context: Noah built altar and sacrificed burnt offerings.
"Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the Lord."
— Exodus 29:18
Context: Burnt offering is pleasing aroma to the Lord.
"He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and take its blood behind the curtain and do with it as he did with the bull's blood: He shall sprinkle it on the atonement cover and in front of it."
— Leviticus 16:15
Context: Sin offering for the people on Day of Atonement.
""Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: 'Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time my food offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.'""
— Numbers 28:2
Context: Present offerings at appointed times.
"Present your burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord your God, both the meat and the blood. The blood of your sacrifices must be poured beside the altar of the Lord your God, but you may eat the meat."
— Deuteronomy 12:27
Context: Blood poured beside the altar.
"At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Sovereign Lord."
— Ezekiel 43:27
Context: God accepts offerings presented by priests.
The greater treasure we gain through temporary sacrifices for Christ.
"For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him."
— Philippians 1:29
Context: Granted to believe and suffer for Christ.
"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all."
— 2 Corinthians 4:17
Context: Light troubles achieving eternal glory.
"But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them."
— 2 Samuel 24:24
Context: David refused sacrifice that cost nothing.
"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won't you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?"
— Luke 14:28
Context: Count the cost before following Jesus.
"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life."
— Matthew 19:29
Context: Leave all for Jesus - receive a hundred times more.
"For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it."
— Mark 8:35
Context: Lose your life for the gospel to save it.
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us."
— Romans 8:18
Context: Present sufferings not worth comparing to glory.
"Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed."
— 1 Peter 4:12-13
Context: Rejoice in sharing Christ's sufferings.
"The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name."
— Acts 5:41
Context: Counted worthy of suffering for Jesus' name.
"Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea."
— 2 Corinthians 11:23-25
Context: Paul's sacrificial service - many sufferings.
"Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground."
— Hebrews 11:35-38
Context: Heroes of faith endured great suffering.
"Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor's crown."
— Revelation 2:10
Context: Be faithful even to death - receive victor's crown.
"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
— Matthew 5:11-12
Context: Blessed when persecuted for Jesus - great reward.
"Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church."
— Colossians 1:24
Context: Rejoice in suffering for the church.
"Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus."
— 2 Timothy 2:3
Context: Join in suffering like a good soldier.
"I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord."
— 1 Corinthians 15:31
Context: I face death every day for Christ.
"They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death."
— Revelation 12:11
Context: Did not love their lives - willing to die.
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