'Favour' in the Bible
And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God;
And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.
praising God, and having favour with all the people; and the Lord added to the assembly daily those that were to be saved.
and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.
who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
But when two years were completed, Felix was relieved by Porcius Festus as his successor; and Felix, desirous to oblige the Jews, to acquire their favour, left Paul bound.
But Festus, desirous of obliging the Jews, to acquire their favour, answering Paul, said, Art thou willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be judged before me concerning these things?
by whom we have also access by faith into this favour in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God.
But shall not the act of favour be as the offence? For if by the offence of one the many have died, much rather has the grace of God, and the free gift in grace, which is by the one man Jesus Christ, abounded unto the many.
And shall not as by one that has sinned be the gift? For the judgment was of one to condemnation, but the act of favour, of many offences unto justification.
For the wages of sin is death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And with this confidence I purposed to come to you previously, that ye might have a second favour;
to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved:
I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing by favour.