The Atonement

84 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

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Acceptable to God

Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

Access to God By

Hebrews 10:19–20 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, …

Commemorated in the Lord's Supper

Matthew 26:26–28 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” …
1 Corinthians 11:23–26 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, …

Effected by Christ Alone

John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36 When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
Acts 4:10 then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
Acts 4:12 Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead — Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
1 Timothy 2:5–6 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, …
Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Exhibits The: Grace and Mercy of God

Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
Ephesians 2:4–5 But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, …
Ephesians 2:7 in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:4 who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

Exhibits The: Love of Christ

John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

Exhibits The: Love of God

Romans 5:8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:9–10 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. …

Explained

Romans 5:8–11 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. …
2 Corinthians 5:18–19 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: …
Galatians 1:4 who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
1 John 2:2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 4:10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Faith In, Indispensable

Romans 3:25 God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
Galatians 3:13–14 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” …

Foreordained

Romans 3:25 God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
1 Peter 1:11 trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
1 Peter 1:20 He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
Revelation 13:8 And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast — all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

Foretold

Isaiah 53:4–6 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. …
Isaiah 53:8–12 By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people. …
Daniel 9:24–27 Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint …
Zechariah 13:1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
John 11:50–51 You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.” …

Has Delivered Saints from The: Power of Sin

Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
1 Peter 1:18–19 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 you inherited from your forefathers, …

Has Delivered Saints from The: Power of the Devil

Colossians 2:15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
Hebrews 2:14–15 Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, …

Has Delivered Saints from The: Power of the World

Galatians 1:4 who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Galatians 6:14 But as for me, 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.

Justification By

Romans 5:9 Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Made but Once

Hebrews 7:27 Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
Hebrews 9:24–28 For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God. …
Hebrews 10:10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 10:12 But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
Hebrews 10:14 because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

Ministers should Fully Set Forth

Acts 5:29–31 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men. …
Acts 5:42 Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
2 Corinthians 5:18–21 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: …

Necessity For

Isaiah 59:16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Hebrews 9:22 According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Reconciles the Justice and Mercy of God

Isaiah 45:21 Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
Romans 3:25–26 God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. …

Reconciliation to God Effected By

Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
2 Corinthians 5:18–20 All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: …
Ephesians 2:13–16 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. …
Colossians 1:20–22 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross. …
Hebrews 2:17 For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

Redemption By

Matthew 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Acts 20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
1 Timothy 2:6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all — the testimony that was given at just the right time.
Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Remission of Sins By

John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Romans 3:25 God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

Saints Glorify God For

1 Corinthians 6:20 you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Philippians 1:20–21 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. …

Saints Praise God For

Revelation 5:9–13 And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. …

Saints Rejoice in God For

Romans 5:11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

Sanctification By

2 Corinthians 5:15 And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
Ephesians 5:26–27 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, …
Titus 2:14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Hebrews 10:10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 13:12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

Typified

Genesis 4:4 while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
Genesis 22:2 “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
Hebrews 11:19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
Exodus 12:5 Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
Exodus 12:11 This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
Exodus 12:14 And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Exodus 24:8 So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
Hebrews 9:20 saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
Leviticus 16:30 because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
Leviticus 16:34 This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Hebrews 9:7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
Hebrews 9:28 so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
Hebrews 9:22 According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

The Atonement

Acceptable to God

Access to God By

Commemorated in the Lord's Supper

Effected by Christ Alone

Exhibits The: Grace and Mercy of God

Exhibits The: Love of Christ

Exhibits The: Love of God

Explained

Faith In, Indispensable

Foreordained

Foretold

Has Delivered Saints from The: Power of Sin

Has Delivered Saints from The: Power of the Devil

Has Delivered Saints from The: Power of the World

Justification By

Made but Once

Ministers should Fully Set Forth

Necessity For

Reconciles the Justice and Mercy of God

Reconciliation to God Effected By

Redemption By

Remission of Sins By

Saints Glorify God For

Saints Praise God For

Saints Rejoice in God For

Sanctification By

Typified

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