Galatians 6:14: "But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."
1 John 4:8-10: "8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
Philippians 3:8: "Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ"
Revelation 5:12: "... saying with a loud voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!'"
+++
The text is public domain:
We sing the praise of Him who died,
Of Him who died upon the cross.
The sinner's hope let all deride;
For this we count the world but loss.
Inscribed upon the cross we see
In shining letters, "God is love."
He bears our sins upon the tree;
He brings us mercy from above.
The cross! It takes our guilt away;
It holds the fainting spirit up;
It cheers with hope the gloomy day
And sweetens ev'ry bitter cup.
It makes the coward spirit brave
And nerves the feeble arm for fight;
It takes the terror from the grave
And gilds the bed of death with light;
The balm of life, the cure of woe,
The measure and the pledge of love,
The sinner's refuge here below,
The angels' theme in heav'n above.
To Christ, who won for sinners grace
By bitter grief and anguish sore,
Be praise from all the ransomed race
Forever and forevermore.
+++
Philippians 3:8 is present in the first verse, specifically: "For this we count the world but loss," and 1 John 4:8-10 is the basis for second verse.
The various descriptions of the cross in verses three to five seem to elaborate on the "boast[ing]... in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" from Galatians 6:14.
Finally, Revelation 5:12 seems to be present at the very end ("To Christ, who won for sinners grace / By bitter grief and anguish sore, / Be praise..."), although the hymn is much more concise, offering only "praise" rather than Revelation's seven-fold list.
The various descriptions of the cross in verses three to five seem to elaborate on the "boast[ing]... in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" from Galatians 6:14.
Finally, Revelation 5:12 seems to be present at the very end ("To Christ, who won for sinners grace / By bitter grief and anguish sore, / Be praise..."), although the hymn is much more concise, offering only "praise" rather than Revelation's seven-fold list.
