Atonement & Love: Bible Verses for Good Friday

Bible Verses for Good Friday
  1. John 15:13 – “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
  2. Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
  3. 1 John 4:10 – “This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
  4. Isaiah 53:5 – “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.”
  5. Ephesians 1:7 – “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.”
  6. Matthew 26:28 – “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”
  7. 1 Peter 3:18 – “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.”
  8. Galatians 2:20 – “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.”
  9. Hebrews 9:12 – “He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.”
  10. 2 Corinthians 5:19 – “That God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.”
  11. John 3:16 – “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.”
  12. 1 John 4:9 – “This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him.”
  13. Colossians 1:13-14 – “For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
  14. Hebrews 9:22 – “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”
  15. 1 Timothy 1:15 – “Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.”