Atonement is a central theme in the Bible, representing the reconciliation between God and humanity. It involves the removal of sin and the restoration of a right relationship with God. The concept is deeply rooted in the sacrificial system of the Old Testament and finds its ultimate fulfillment in the New Testament through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Below are various scriptures that relate to the theme of atonement, illustrating its significance and multifaceted nature.

Old Testament Scriptures:

1. Leviticus 17:11 · "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life." This verse underscores the importance of blood in the atonement process, highlighting the sacrificial system established by God for the Israelites.

2. Exodus 30:10 · "Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns. Throughout your generations, it is most holy to the LORD." This refers to the Day of Atonement, a significant annual event where the high priest made atonement for the sins of the people.

3. Isaiah 53:5 · "But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed." This prophetic passage points to the suffering servant, interpreted by Christians as a foreshadowing of Christ's atoning sacrifice.

New Testament Scriptures:

1. Romans 3:25 · "God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand." This verse emphasizes the role of Jesus as the atoning sacrifice, fulfilling the requirements of the law and demonstrating God's righteousness.

2. 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." Here, the author of Hebrews contrasts the temporary atonement of the Old Testament sacrifices with the eternal redemption achieved by Christ.

3. 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." This passage highlights the universal scope of Christ's atonement, extending beyond Israel to all humanity.

Additional Scriptures:

1. Psalm 79:9 · "Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for Your name’s sake." This plea for atonement reflects the understanding of God's mercy and the need for divine intervention in the forgiveness of sins.

2. Daniel 9:24 · "Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place." This prophecy speaks to the ultimate atonement and restoration that God will accomplish.

3. 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." This verse encapsulates the essence of atonement, where Christ takes on the sin of humanity, allowing believers to be reconciled with God.

These scriptures collectively illustrate the profound and transformative nature of atonement as presented in the Bible. Through the sacrificial system of the Old Testament and the redemptive work of Christ in the New Testament, atonement remains a foundational doctrine, emphasizing God's justice, mercy, and love.Psalm 40:6,7
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required.
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Isaiah 53:4-12
Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
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Daniel 9:24-27
Seventy weeks are determined on your people and on your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
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Zechariah 13:1
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
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Matthew 26:28
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
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Luke 22:20
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
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Luke 24:46,47
And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
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John 1:29,36
The next day John sees Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world.
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John 6:51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
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John 11:49-51
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said to them, You know nothing at all,
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Acts 17:2,3
And Paul, as his manner was, went in to them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
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Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.
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Romans 3:24-26
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
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Romans 4:25
Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification.
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Romans 5:1,2,6-11,15-21
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
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1 Corinthians 1:17,18,23,24
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
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1 Corinthians 15:3
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
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2 Corinthians 5:18,19
And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
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Galatians 1:3,4
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Galatians 4:4,5
But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
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Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
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Ephesians 2:13-18
But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made near by the blood of Christ.
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Ephesians 5:2,25
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling smell.
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Colossians 1:14,19-22
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
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1 Thessalonians 5:9,10
For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
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1 Timothy 2:5,6
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
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Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
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Hebrews 2:9,17
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
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Hebrews 9:12-15,25,26
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.
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Hebrews 10:1-20
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
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Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things that that of Abel.
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Hebrews 13:12,20,21
Why Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
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1 Peter 1:18-20
For as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
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1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.
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1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also has 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:
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1 John 1:7
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 cleans us from all sin.
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1 John 2:2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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1 John 3:5
And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
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1 John 4:10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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1 John 5:6
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
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Revelation 1:5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
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Revelation 5:9
And they sung a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for you were slain, and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
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Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death.
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