40 Bible Verses about Grace, And Christian Life

Three times I have prayed to the Lord about this, begging that it might leave 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.

And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.

So when I came to you, brothers, I did not come and tell you the secret purpose of God in superior, philosophical language, for I resolved, while I was with you, to forget everything but Jesus Christ and his crucifixion. For my part, I came among you in weakness and with a great deal of fear and trembling,read more.
and my teaching and message were not put in plausible, philosophical language, but they were attended with convincing spiritual power, so that your faith might rest, not on human philosophy, but on the power of God.

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:

Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil,

For our high priest is not one who is incapable of sympathy with our weaknesses, but he has been tempted in every way just as we have, without committing any sin.

He can sympathize with the ignorant and misguided because he is himself subject to weakness,

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

So you, dear friends, now that you are forewarned, must be on your guard against being led away by the errors of unprincipled men and losing your present firmness. You must grow in the blessing and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever.

So let us come with courage to God's throne of grace to receive his forgiveness and find him responsive when we need his help.

That is why, from the day I first heard of it, I have never given up praying for you and asking God to fill you, through full spiritual wisdom and insight, with a clear knowledge of what his will is,

Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always standing up for you in his prayers that you may stand fast, like men of mature convictions, whatever God's will for you may be.

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.

As he wanted to cross to Greece, the brothers wrote to the disciples there, urging them to welcome him. On his arrival there he was of great service to those who through God's favor had become believers,

by whom we have been introduced through faith to the favor of God that we now enjoy, and let us glory in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

And when God, who had set me apart from my birth and had called me in his mercy, saw fit

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.

Now I commit you to the Lord, and to the message of his favor, which will build you up and give you a place among those whom God has consecrated.

and after the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout converts to Judaism went away with Paul and Barnabas, and they talked with them, and urged them to rely on the favor of God.

We never pray for you without thanking God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for what we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love you have for all God's people, and for the hope of what is stored up for you in heaven. You first heard of it long ago when the true message of the gospelread more.
came among you, to thrive and bear its fruit among you, as it does all over the world, from the time when you first heard about the mercy of God,

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.

By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I think him, I have written you this short letter to encourage you and bear my testimony that this is what the true mercy of God means. Stand fast in it.

You must grow in the blessing and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory to him now and forever.

Whatever the endowment God has given you, use it in service to one another, like good dispensers of God's varied mercy.

They differed so sharply about it that they separated, and Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus. But Paul selected Silas and set out, the brothers commending him to the Lord's favor.

For if that one man's offense made death reign through that one man, all the more will those who receive God's overflowing mercy and his gift of uprightness live and reign through the one individual Jesus Christ.

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

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.

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.

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, and making clear how the secret purpose is to be worked out which has been hidden away for ages in God the creator of all things,

This has led me to urge Titus to complete the arrangements he had formerly begun among you for this gracious undertaking. Just as you excel in everything else??aith, expression, knowledge, perfect devotion, and the love we have awakened in you??ou must excel in this generous undertaking too.

The apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and God's favor rested richly upon them.

The news about them came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas all the way to Antioch. When he reached there and saw the favor God had shown them, he was delighted, and encouraged them all to be resolute and steadfast in their devotion to the Lord,

The way you stand the test of this service must do honor to God, through your fidelity to what you profess as to the good news of Christ, and through the liberality of your contributions for them and for all others; then they will long for you and pray for you, because of the extraordinary favor God has shown you.

Always put your message attractively, and yet pointedly, and be prepared to give every inquirer a fitting answer.

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

So, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient, with reverence and awe make every effort to insure your salvation, not simply as though I were with you, but all the more because I am away. For it is God who in his good will is at work in your hearts, inspiring your will and your action.

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.

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.