Come the Way of the Cross
8 min2 Corinthians 5:21
KJV- Verse 21. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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Luke 8:5-15
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John 14:6
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John 21:15-17
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