Catechism of the Catholic Church
All. Para. 457: The Word became flesh for us in order to save us by reconciling us with God, who "loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins": "the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world," and "he was revealed to take away sins" (1 Jn 4:10; 4:14; 3:5): . . .
Para. 458: The Word became flesh so that thus we might know God’s love: "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" (1 Jn 4:9). . . .
Para. 459: The Word became flesh to be our model of holiness: "Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me." "I am the way and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me" (Mt 11:29; Jn 14:6). . . .
Para. 460: The Word became flesh to make us "partakers of the divine nature" (2 Pet 1:4): "For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God" (St. Irenaeus, Adv. haeres. 3, 19, 1: PG 7/1, 939). . . .
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