Bible Verses About Atonement
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for atonement, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,425 votes, led by 1 Peter 2:24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Atonement
1 Peter 2:24211 votes
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Leviticus 17:11157 votes
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
1 John 2:2148 votes
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Hebrews 9:12120 votes
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:22109 votes
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Isaiah 53:592 votes
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Revelation 5:985 votes
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
1 Peter 3:1868 votes
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
Romans 5:6-1159 votes
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
2 Corinthians 5:2159 votes
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
1 John 4:1056 votes
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Isaiah 53:1-1254 votes
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
1 John 1:754 votes
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Romans 5:253 votes
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Hebrews 13:1253 votes
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Matthew 26:2851 votes
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Romans 6:2350 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 3:2548 votes
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
John 1:2944 votes
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Romans 5:1044 votes
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Matthew 20:2842 votes
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Romans 5:1142 votes
And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Romans 5:840 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 3:540 votes
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
Galatians 3:1339 votes
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
What does the Bible say about atonement?
Readers most often cite 1 Peter 2:24 on the subject of atonement. Across 3,425 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 17:11, 1 John 2:2, Hebrews 9:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.