Ephesians 2:8

Conservative English Version

You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve. This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own.

Cross References

Matthew 16:17

Jesus told him: Simon, son of Jonah, you are blessed! You didn't discover this on your own. It was shown to you by my Father in heaven.

Matthew 20:9

When the workers arrived, the ones who had been hired at five in the afternoon were given a full day's pay.

Mark 16:16

Anyone who believes me and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe me will be condemned.

Luke 7:50

But Jesus told the woman, "Because of your faith, you are now saved. May God give you peace!"

John 3:36

Everyone who has faith in the Son has eternal life. But no one who rejects him will ever share in that life, and God will be angry with them forever.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, "You don't know what God wants to give you, and you don't know who is asking you for a drink. If you did, you would ask me for the water that gives life."

John 5:24

I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.

John 6:35

Jesus replied: I am the bread that gives life! No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who has faith in me will ever be thirsty.

John 6:37

Everything and everyone that the Father has given me will come to me, and I won't turn any of them away.

John 6:40

My Father wants everyone who sees the Son to have faith in him and to have eternal life. Then I will raise them to life on the last day.

John 6:44

No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me makes them want to come. But if they do come, I will raise them to life on the last day.

John 6:65

Then Jesus said, "You cannot come to me, unless the Father makes you want to come. That is why I have told these things to all of you."

Acts 13:39

But everyone who has faith in Jesus is set free.

Acts 14:27

After arriving in Antioch, they called the church together. They told the people what God had helped them do and how he had made it possible for the Gentiles to believe.

Acts 15:11

But our Lord Jesus was kind to us, and we are saved by faith in him, just as the Gentiles are.

Acts 16:14

One of them was Lydia, who was from the city of Thyatira and sold expensive purple cloth. She was a worshiper of the Lord God, and he made her willing to accept what Paul was saying.

Acts 16:31

They replied, "Have faith in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved! This is also true for everyone who lives in your home."

Romans 10:14

How can people have faith in the Lord and ask him to save them, if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear, unless someone tells them?

Romans 10:17

No one can have faith without hearing the message about Christ.

Romans 4:16

Everything depends on having faith in God, so that God's promise is assured by his great kindness. This promise isn't only for Abraham's descendants who have the Law. It is for all who are Abraham's descendants because they have faith, just as he did. Abraham is the ancestor of us all.

Romans 4:5

But you cannot make God accept you because of something you do. God accepts sinners only because they have faith in him.

Romans 9:16

Everything then depends on God's mercy and not on what people want or do.

Galatians 3:14

And because of what Jesus Christ has done, the blessing that was promised to Abraham was taken to the Gentiles. This happened so that by faith we would be given the promised Holy Spirit.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scriptures say that sin controls everyone, so that God's promises will be for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:19

I want you to know about the great and mighty power that God has for us followers. It is the same wonderful power he used

Ephesians 2:10

God planned for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live. That's why he sent Christ to make us what we are.

Ephesians 2:5

(SEE 2:4)

Philippians 1:29

and he has blessed you. Not only do you have faith in Christ, but you suffer for him.

Colossians 2:12

And when you were baptized, it was the same as being buried with Christ. Then you were raised to life because you had faith in the power of God, who raised Christ from death.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

Their punishment will be eternal destruction, and they will be kept far from the presence of our Lord and his glorious strength.

Hebrews 6:4

But what about people who turn away after they have already seen the light and have received the gift from heaven and have shared in the Holy Spirit? What about those who turn away after they have received the good message of God and the powers of the future world? There is no way to bring them back. What they are doing is the same as nailing the Son of God to a cross and insulting him in public!

1 Peter 1:5

You have faith in God, whose power will protect you until the last day. Then he will save you, just as he has always planned to do.