Why did Jesus die? It is clear from scripture it was for the atonement of sins. Study these texts to see that not all will be redeemed, not all sin will be atoned. Only those that are saved will receive this grace from God. And, the path to salvation is faith in God. Now there are some texts that mention the world and even a couple that say all, but they can be dealt with in context.
NT Scripture on sin, Jesus' death and atonement.
Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their
sins.”
Matthew 6:14 For if you forgive other people when they
sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
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But if you do not forgive others their
sins, your Father will not forgive your
sins.
Matthew 26:28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of
sins.
John 8:24 I told you that you would die in your
sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your
sins.”
Acts 13:39 Through him everyone who believes is set free from every
sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses.
Romans 3:25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the
sins committed beforehand unpunished
Romans 4:24 but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25 He was delivered over to death for our
sins and was raised to life for our justification.
Romans 5:16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s
sin: The judgment followed one
sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.
Romans 6:10 The death he died, he died to
sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.
Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a
sin offering. And so he condemned
sin in the flesh,
1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and
redemption.
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 5:21 God made him who had no
sin to be
sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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,
Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of
sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
Galatians 3:13 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 pole.”
Galatians 4:4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
Titus 2:14 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.
Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for
sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Hebrews 2:17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the
sins of the people.
Hebrews 7:27 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 9:14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to
death, so that we may serve the living God!
15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the
sins committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 9:28 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 10:12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for
sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
1 Peter 1:18 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, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
1 Peter 2:24 “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 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for
sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
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, purifies us from all
sin.
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.
Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our
sins by his blood,
