Key verse:

1 Peter 2:24 (NIV), '“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.”'

Related verses:

Isaiah 53:5

'But He <i>was</i> wounded for our transgressions,
He was</i> bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace <i>was</i> upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.'

Isaiah 53:12,

Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.

Mark 10:45, 'For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

Luke 19:10, 'for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.'

John 10:10, 'The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.'

John 12:46, 'I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.'

John 18:37, 'Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”