Ephesians 2:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ but God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But God–so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Common English Bible

^4-5 However, God is rich in mercy. He brought us to life with Christ while we were dead as a result of those things that we did wrong. He did this because of the great love that he has for us. You are saved by God’s grace!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Yet still, God, who is rich in mercy, for the sake of his exceedingly great charity with which he loved us,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ But God, (who is rich in mercy,) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us,

Ephesians 2:4 Cross References

Nehemiah 9:17

they refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and you did not forsake them.

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Psalm 51:1

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:5

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.

Exodus 33:19

And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The Lord,’ and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

Isaiah 63:7

I will recount the gracious deeds of the Lord, the praiseworthy acts of the Lord, because of all that the Lord has done for us and the great favor to the house of Israel that he has shown them according to his mercy, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

Jeremiah 31:3

the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, but we have rebelled against him

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why I fled to Tarshish at the beginning, for I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from punishment.

Luke 1:78

Because of the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us,

Romans 10:12

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him.

Romans 2:4

Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Romans 5:8

But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.

Romans 9:23

and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—

Ephesians 1:7

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

Ephesians 2:7

so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 3:8

Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

1 Timothy 1:14

and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead