But he was pierced for our sins, crushed for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we were healed. Isaiah 53:5 NABRE Isaiah 53 celebrates a suffering servant’s trials and the good effect they produce. The verse opens with four stages: first, it describes…
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He was spurned and avoided by men, a man of suffering, knowing pain, Like one from whom you turn your face, spurned, and we held him in no esteem. Isaiah 53:3 NABRE Isaiah 53 is part of several passages known as the Servant Song. It speaks about a suffering servant,…
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But whoever is made to suffer as a Christian should not be ashamed but glorify God because of the name. 1 Peter 4:16 NABRE Peter in chapter four of his letter speaks about suffering, how it joins the sufferer to Christ. We read Christians are being persecuted for their belief…
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No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. Romans 8:37 NABRE Paul in the verses preceding the quoted verse proclaims believers united with Christ are led by the Holy Spirit and are sons and daughters of God. God’s adopted children are rescued from the fallen…
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