". . . You shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21).

"‘And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.’ This He said, signifying by what death He would die" (John 12:32-33).

". . . You were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver and gold, from your aimless conduct . . . , but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" (1Peter 1:18-19).

"For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit" (1Peter 3:18).

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved" (John 3:16-17).

"Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need" (Hebrews 4:16).