Ephesians 2:4

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Summary

Ephesians 2:4

But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Who

His

General references

Psalm 102:21

Romans 9:16

1 John 4:19

Bible References

Who

so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ,

And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.”

Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;

“They refused to listen,
And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them;
So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not forsake them.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;

According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,

Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

The Lord is gracious and merciful;
Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.

Seek the Lord while He may be found;

Call upon Him while He is near.

To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;

He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in unchanging love.

Because of the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;

and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

His

“The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples,

It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm the oath which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying,
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.

“When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’

As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation

through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

General references

That men may tell of the name of the Lord in Zion
And His praise in Jerusalem,

So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.

We love, because He first loved us.