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 his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their bondage: but you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsook them not.

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of your tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy unto all them that call upon you.

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you upon him while he is near:

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and you relent from the destruction.

Who is a God like unto you, who pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.

Through the tender mercy of our God; by which the dawn from on high has visited us,

Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared unto glory,

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

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

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

His

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

Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

The LORD has appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you.

And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said unto you when you were in your blood, Live; yea, I said unto you when you were in your blood, Live.

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

But God commends his 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 will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of 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 given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

But after the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man 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

To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;

So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.

We love him, because he first loved us.