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

that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:

in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth,

and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.

Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.

Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek: for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich unto all that call upon him:

and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

His

Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Jehovah appeared of old unto me,'saying , Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;

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

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

Herein 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 declare the name of Jehovah in Zion, And his praise in Jerusalem;

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

We love, because he first loved us.