18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Peter 2
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
John 10
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Luke 24
6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,7 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.”
Matthew 10
38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.