'Grace' in the Bible

"It is not every man," He replied, "who can receive this teaching, but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed.

And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.

For He it is from whose fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

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

while the Apostles with great force of conviction delivered their testimony as to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and great grace was upon them all.

And Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great marvels and signs among the people.

On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.

And, when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout converts from heathenism continued with Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them and urged them to hold fast to the grace of God.

Yet Paul and Barnabas remained there for a considerable time, speaking freely and relying on the Lord, while He bore witness to the Message of His grace by permitting signs and marvels to be done by them.

Thence they sailed to Antioch, where they had previously been commended to the grace of God in connexion with the work which they had now completed.

On the contrary, we believe that it is by the grace of the Lord Jesus that we, as well as they, shall be saved."

But Paul chose Silas as his travelling companion; and set out, after being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord;

Then, as he had made up his mind to cross over into Greece, the brethren wrote to the disciples in Corinth begging them to give him a kindly welcome. Upon his arrival he rendered valuable help to those who through grace had believed;

But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.

"And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace. He is able to build you up and to give you your inheritance among His people.

through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples,

To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

gaining acquittal from guilt by His free unpurchased grace through the deliverance which is found in Christ Jesus.

All depends on faith, and for this reason--that acceptance with God might be an act of pure grace,

But God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found expression in the one man Jesus Christ, have been bestowed on the mass of mankind.

For if, through the transgression of the one individual, Death made use of the one individual to seize the sovereignty, all the more shall those who receive God's overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in Life through the one individual, Jesus Christ.

Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;

in order that as sin has exercised kingly sway in inflicting death, so grace, too, may exercise kingly sway in bestowing a righteousness which results in the Life of the Ages through Jesus Christ our Lord.

To what conclusion, then, shall we come? Are we to persist in sinning in order that the grace extended to us may be the greater?

For Sin shall not be lord over you, since you are subjects not of Law, but of grace.

Are we therefore to sin because we are no longer under the authority of Law, but under grace? No, indeed!

In the same way also at the present time there has come to be a remnant whom God in His grace has selected.

But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.

And before long, God the giver of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!

May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank my God continually on your behalf for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus--

and those which we deem less honorable we clothe with more abundant honor; and so our ungraceful parts come to have a more abundant grace, while our graceful parts have everything they need.

But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For everything is for your sakes, in order that grace, being more richly bestowed because of the thanksgivings of the increased number, may more and more promote the glory of God.

And you also we, as God's fellow workers, entreat not to be found to have received His grace to no purpose.

But we desire to let you know, brethren, of the grace of God which has been bestowed on the Churches of Macedonia;

Yes, just as you are already very rich in faith, readiness of speech, knowledge, unwearied zeal, and in the love that is in you, implanted by us, see to it that this grace of liberal giving also flourishes in you.

while they themselves also in supplications on your behalf pour out their longing love towards you because of God's surpassing grace which is resting upon you.

but His reply has been, "My grace suffices for you, for power matures in weakness." Most gladly therefore will I boast of my infirmities rather than complain of them--in order that Christ's power may overshadow me.

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

May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,

I marvel that you are so readily leaving Him who called you by the grace of Christ, and are adhering to a different Good News.

But when He who set me apart even from my birth, and called me by His grace,

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if acquittal from guilt is obtainable through the Law, then Christ has died in vain."

Christ has become nothing to any of you who are seeking acceptance with God through the Law: you have fallen away from grace.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits, brethren. Amen.

May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.

It is in Him, and through the shedding of His blood, that we have our deliverance--the forgiveness of our offences--so abundant was God's grace,

the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding, lavished upon us,

caused us, dead though we were through our offences, to live with Christ--it is by grace that you have been saved--

in order that, by His goodness to us in Christ Jesus, He might display in the Ages to come the transcendent riches of His grace.

For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--

Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out with the munificence of Christ.

May grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with perfect sincerity.

May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

And I am justified in having this confidence about you all, because, both during my imprisonment and when I stand up in defence of the Good News or to confirm its truth, I have you in my heart, sharers as you all are in the same grace as myself.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirits.

To the people of God and the believing brethren at Colossae who are in Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father.

For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,

Let the teaching concerning Christ remain as a rich treasure in your hearts. In all wisdom teach and admonish one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and sing with grace in your hearts to God.

Let your language be always seasoned with the salt of grace, so that you may know how to give every man a fitting answer.

I Paul add with my own hand this final greeting. Be mindful of me in my imprisonment. Grace be with you.

Paul, Silas, and Timothy: To the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and that you may be glorified in Him--so wonderful is the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ!

And may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself--and God our Father who has loved us and has given us in His grace eternal consolation and a bright hope--

This is my handwriting. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

To Timothy, my own true son in the faith. May grace, mercy and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

and the grace of our Lord came to me in overflowing fulness, conferring faith on me and the love which is in Christ Jesus.

of which some have spoken boastfully in connexion with the true faith, and have erred. Grace be with you all.

To Timothy my dearly-loved child. May grace, mercy and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with our desserts, but in accordance with His own purpose and the free grace which He bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before the commencement of the Ages,

You then, my child, must be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

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

To Titus my own true child in our common faith. May grace and peace be granted to you from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

For the grace of God has displayed itself with healing power to all mankind,

in order that having been declared righteous through His grace we might become heirs to the Life of the Ages in fulfilment of our hopes.

Every one here sends you greeting. Greet the believers who hold us dear. May grace be with you all.

May grace be granted to you all, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with the spirit of every one of you.

But Jesus--who was made a little inferior to the angels in order that through God's grace He might taste death for every human being--we already see wearing a crown of glory and honour because of His having suffered death.

Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our times of need.

How much severer punishment, think you, will he be held to deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, has not regarded as holy that Covenant-blood with which he was set free from sin, and has insulted the Spirit from whom comes grace?

Be carefully on your guard lest there be any one who falls back from the grace of God; lest any root bearing bitter fruit spring up and cause trouble among you, and through it the whole brotherhood be defiled;

Do not be drawn aside by all sorts of strange teaching; for it is well to have the heart made stedfast through God's grace, and not by special kinds of food, from which those who scrupulously attend to them have derived no benefit.

fully equip you with every grace that you may need for the doing of His will, producing in us that which will truly please Him through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

Grace be with you all! Amen.

But He gives more abundant grace, as is implied in His saying, "God sets Himself against the haughty, but to the lowly He gives grace."

chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, with a view to their obedience and to their being sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May more and more grace and peace be granted to you.

There were Prophets who earnestly inquired about that salvation, and closely searched into it--even those who spoke beforehand of the grace which was to come to you.

In the same way you younger men must submit to your elders; and all of you must gird yourselves with humility towards one another, for God sets Himself against the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

And God, the giver of all grace, who has called you to share His eternal glory, through Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong.

I send this short letter by Silas, our faithful brother--for such I regard him--in order to encourage you, and to bear witness that what I have told you is the true grace of God. In it stand fast.

May more and more grace and peace be granted to you in a full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

But be always growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be all glory, both now and to the day of Eternity!

Grace, mercy and peace will be with us from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love.