28 Bible Verses about The Grace Given To Men

through whom we have received God's favor and been commissioned in his name to urge obedience and faith upon all the heathen,

By the favor that God has shown me, I would tell every one of you not to think too highly of himself, but to think reasonably, judging himself by the degree of faith God has allowed him.

We have gifts that differ with the favor that God has shown us, whether it is that of preaching, differing with the measure of our faith,

But, just to refresh your memories, I have written you pretty boldly on some points, because of the favor God has shown me

I am always thanking God about you, for the blessing God has given you through Christ Jesus.

Like an expert builder, I laid a foundation, as God commissioned me to do, and now someone else is building upon it. But let everyone be careful how he does so.

For my boast is what my conscience tells me, that my relations to the world and still more to you have been marked by pure motives and godly sincerity, not by worldly shrewdness but by the favor of God.

As God's fellow-worker, I appeal to you, too, not to accept the favor of God and then waste it.

For it is all for your benefit, in order that as God's favor reaches greater and greater numbers, it may result in more and more thanksgiving in praise of God.

I must tell you, brothers, how the favor of God has been shown in the churches of Macedonia,

God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance so that you will always have enough for every situation, and ample means for every good enterprise:

then they will long for you and pray for you, because of the extraordinary favor God has shown you.

for which I became a worker by virtue of the gift of God's mercy which by the exercise of his power he has given me.

To me, the very least of all his people, this favor has been given, of preaching to the heathen the inexhaustible wealth of the Christ,

But each one of us has been given mercy in Christ's generous measure.

And I have a right to feel in this way about you all, because both when I am in prison and when I am defending and vindicating our right to preach the good news, I have you in my heart as all sharing that privilege with me.

You married men also must be considerate in living with your wives. You must show deference to women as the weaker sex, sharing the gift of life with you, so that there may be nothing to interfere with your prayers.

But he gives all the greater blessing. As the Scripture says, "God opposes haughty persons, but he blesses humble-minded ones."

Therefore, prepare your minds for action, and with perfect calmness fix your hopes on the mercy that you are to experience when Jesus Christ is revealed.

You younger men must show deference to the elders. And you must all clothe yourselves in humility toward one another, for God opposes the proud, but shows mercy to the humble.

so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son.

He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,

But by God's favor I have become what I am, and the favor he showed me has not gone for nothing, but I have worked harder than any of them, although it was not really I but the favor God showed me.

and he said to me, "My favor is enough for you, for only where there is weakness is perfect strength developed." So I am perfectly willing to boast of all my weakness, so that the strength of Christ may shelter me.

So you, my son, must find strength in the blessing that comes through Christ Jesus.

You must not be carried away with strange varieties of teaching. The true way to steadfastness of heart is through God's mercy, not through scruples about food, which have never done their adherents any good.

Stephen, greatly strengthened by God's favor, did remarkable signs and wonders among the people.

Be careful that no one fails to gain God's favor, or some poisonous root may come up to trouble and contaminate you all??16 some immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his very birthright for one single meal.