Jesus responded, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, , because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.
Ephesians 2:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift #– # Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; American Standard Version (1901) for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; Common English Bible You are saved by God’s grace because of your faith. This salvation is God’s gift. It’s not something you possessed. Catholic Public Domain Version For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God; |
Jesus responded, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, , because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.
‘When those who were hired at about five came, they each received one denarius.
Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.
Jesus answered, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, “Give me a drink,” you would ask him, and he would give you living water.’
‘Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgement but has passed from death to life.
‘I am the bread of life,’ Jesus told them. ‘No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty again.
Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out.
For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.’
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.
He said, ‘This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.’
Everyone who believes is justified through him from everything that you could not be justified from through the law of Moses.
After they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported everything God had done with them and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way they are.’
A God-fearing woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying.
They said, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved #– #you and your household.’
How, then, can they call on him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about him? And how can they hear without a preacher?
So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ. ,
This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants #– #not only to the one who is of the law but also to the one who is of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all.
But to the one who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness.
So then, it does not depend on human will or effort, but on God who shows mercy.
The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles by Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promised Spirit through faith.
But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin’s power, , so that the promise might be given on the basis of faith in Jesus Christ to those who believe.
and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
made us alive with Christ even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace!
For it has been granted to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,
when you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the Lord’s presence and from his glorious strength
For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit,
You are being guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.