17 Pentru că Hristos nu m-a trimis să botez, ci să vestesc evanghelia, dar nu cu înţelepciunea cuvântului, ca nu cumva crucea lui Hristos să fie în zadar.18 Căci cuvântul despre cruce este nebunie pentru cei ce pier, dar pentru noi, cei ce ne mântuim, este puterea lui Dumnezeu.
Colossians 1
20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Colossians 2
13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
Hebrews 12
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
