Reference: Salvation, Saviour
Hastings
Salvation' is the generic term employed in Scripture to express the idea of any gracious deliverance of God, but specially of the spiritual redemption from sin and its consequences predicted by the OT prophets, and realized in the mission and work of the Saviour Jesus Christ.
1. In the OT.
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And she will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus; for he will save his people from their sins.
But Jesus turned, and saw her, and said: Daughter, be of good courage; your faith has saved you. And the woman was saved from that hour.
For there is born for you this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon. And this man was just and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him:
For the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
And there is salvation in no other; nor, indeed, is there another name under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved.
Him has God exalted to his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, in order to give to Israel repentance and remission of sins:
Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
But God makes known his love to us in this, that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us:
For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
For godly sorrow works repentance not to be regretted, which leads to salvation: but the sorrow of the world works death.
Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly things in Christ,
in whom you also hoped after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom, after you also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures, and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having, each of them, harps, and golden cups full of incense, which is the prayers of the saints.