The Atonement: Reconciliation to God Effected By

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!

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: …

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. …

…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. …

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.

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,