But because he loves us, God sent his Son Jesus (John 3:16; Eph 2:4; 1 John 4:10) to live for his people’s sake the perfect, obedient life God requires (Rom 8:4; 1 Cor 1:30; Heb 4:15) and to die in their place for their sin (Isa 53:5; Mat 20:28; 26:28; Mark 10:45; 14:24; Luke 22:20; John 11:50-51; Rom 3:24-25; 4:25; 1 Cor 15:3; 2 Cor 5:21; Eph 5:2; Heb 10:14; 1 Pet 3:18).
Ayat ti kangrunaan a pakailasinan dagiti pasurot ni Kristo, ket “ti ayat . . . saanna a sapulen dagiti bukodna a pagimbagan.”—1 Corinto 13:4, 5; Juan 13:34, 35.