'Grace' in the Bible

But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

You are fairer than the sons of men;Grace is poured upon Your lips;Therefore God has blessed You forever.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;The Lord gives grace and glory;No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Though He scoffs at the scoffers,Yet He gives grace to the afflicted.

“She will place on your head a garland of grace;She will present you with a crown of beauty.”

Thus says the Lord,“The people who survived the swordFound grace in the wilderness—Israel, when it went to find its rest.”

‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.

The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.

And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;

Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the grace of God.

Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands.

From there they sailed to Antioch, from which they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished.

But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”

But Paul chose Silas and left, being committed by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.

And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brethren encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace,

But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.

And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,

to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.

But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

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

so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?

For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;

But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God,

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

[The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.]

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God.

And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain—

Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia,

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,

I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased

and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly.”

You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

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

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

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

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;

of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.

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

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth;

Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you.

Paul and Silvanus and Timothy,To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace,

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith.Grace be with you.

To Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

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,

You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.

To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith.Grace be with you all.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.