Ephesians 2:8

New Century Version

I mean that you have been saved by grace through believing. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.

Cross References

Matthew 16:17

Jesus answered, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because no person taught you that. My Father in heaven showed you who I am.

Matthew 20:9

“When the workers who were hired at five o’clock came to get their pay, each received one coin.

Mark 16:16

Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved, but anyone who does not believe will be punished.

Luke 7:50

Jesus said to the woman, “Because you believed, you are saved from your sins. Go in peace.”

John 3:36

Those who believe in the Son have eternal life, but those who do not obey the Son will never have life. God’s anger stays on them.”

John 4:10

Jesus said, “If you only knew the free gift of God and who it is that is asking you for water, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

John 5:24

“I tell you the truth, whoever hears what I say and believes in the One who sent me has eternal life. That person will not be judged guilty but has already left death and entered life.

John 6:35

Then Jesus said, “I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

John 6:37

The Father gives me the people who are mine. Every one of them will come to me, and I will always accept them.

John 6:40

Those who see the Son and believe in him have eternal life, and I will raise them on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”

John 6:44

The Father is the One who sent me. No one can come to me unless the Father draws him to me, and I will raise that person up on the last day.

John 6:65

Jesus said, “That is the reason I said, ‘If the Father does not bring a person to me, that one cannot come.’ ”

Acts 14:27

When they arrived in Antioch, Paul and Barnabas gathered the church together. They told the church all about what God had done with them and how God had made it possible for those who were not Jewish to believe.

Acts 15:11

But we believe that we and they too will be saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus.”

Acts 16:14

One of the listeners was a woman named Lydia from the city of Thyatira whose job was selling purple cloth. She worshiped God, and he opened her mind to pay attention to what Paul was saying.

Acts 16:31

They said to him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all the people in your house.”

Romans 10:14

But before people can ask the Lord for help, they must believe in him; and before they can believe in him, they must hear about him; and for them to hear about the Lord, someone must tell them;

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing the Good News, and people hear the Good News when someone tells them about Christ.

Romans 4:16

So people receive God’s promise by having faith. This happens so the promise can be a free gift. Then all of Abraham’s children can have that promise. It is not only for those who live under the law of Moses but for anyone who lives with faith like that of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

Romans 4:5

But people cannot do any work that will make them right with God. So they must trust in him, who makes even evil people right in his sight. Then God accepts their faith, and that makes them right with him.

Romans 9:16

So God will choose the one to whom he decides to show mercy; his choice does not depend on what people want or try to do.

Galatians 3:14

Christ did this so that God’s blessing promised to Abraham might come through Jesus Christ to those who are not Jews. Jesus died so that by our believing we could receive the Spirit that God promised.

Galatians 3:22

Instead, the Scriptures showed that the whole world is bound by sin. This was so the promise would be given through faith to people who believe in Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:19

And you will know that God’s power is very great for us who believe. That power is the same as the great strength

Ephesians 2:10

God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing.

Ephesians 2:5

Though we were spiritually dead because of the things we did against God, he gave us new life with Christ. You have been saved by God’s grace.

Philippians 1:29

God gave you the honor not only of believing in Christ but also of suffering for him, both of which bring glory to Christ.

Colossians 2:12

When you were baptized, you were buried with Christ, and you were raised up with him through your faith in God’s power that was shown when he raised Christ from the dead.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

Those people will be punished with a destruction that continues forever. They will be kept away from the Lord and from his great power.

Hebrews 6:4

Some people cannot be brought back again to a changed life. They were once in God’s light, and enjoyed heaven’s gift, and shared in the Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 1:5

God’s power protects you through your faith until salvation is shown to you at the end of time.