John 1:29: "The next day he [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'"
John 1:36: "and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God!'"
Hebrews 12:2-3: "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.
"3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted."
Ephesians 3:12: "in whom [Christ Jesus] we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him."
Revelation 2:10-11: "10 'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.'"
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1 My faith looks up to Thee,Thou Lamb of Calvary,Savior divine.Now hear me while I pray;Take all my guilt away;O let me from this dayBe wholly Thine!2 May Thy rich grace impartStrength to my fainting heart;My zeal inspire!As Thou hast died for me,Oh, may my love to TheePure, warm, and changeless be,A living fire!3 While life's dark maze I treadAnd griefs around me spread,Be Thou my guide;Bid darkness turn to day,Wipe sorrow's tears away,Nor let me ever strayFrom Thee aside.4 When ends life's transient dream,When death's cold, sullen streamShall o'er Me roll,Blest Savior, then, in love,Fear and distrust remove;O bear me safe above,A ransomed soul!
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"'Behold, the Lamb of God'" from both verses from John 1 and "looking to Jesus" in Hebrews 12:2 are combined in the hymn's first two lines: "My faith looks up to Thee, / Thou Lamb of Calvary." The relative clause "'who takes away the sin of the world!'" from John 1:29 seems to be rendered as "Take all my guilt away" in the hymn's first verse.
Hebrews 12:3 and Ephesians 3:12 appear at the beginning of the hymn's second verse: "May Thy rich grace impart / Strength to my fainting heart; / My zeal inspire!"
The text from Revelation 2 seems to appear in the fourth verse.
The line "Wipe sorrow's tears away" in the third verse comes from Revelation 21:4: "'He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.'"
