Grace
The unmerited favor and love of God.
Grace is one of the most profound and central themes in the Bible. It is the unmerited, unearned favor and love of God toward humanity. Through grace, God offers salvation, forgiveness, and strength to those who believe, empowering them to live godly lives and serve others.
All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Exodus
5Then Moses said to the Lord, "See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’
Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people."
For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth."
So the Lord said to Moses, "I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name."
Numbers
2The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.
2 Chronicles
1Ezra
1Esther
1Job
1Psalm
6Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.
You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
Proverbs
7For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.
He who loves purity of heart And has grace on his lips, The king will be his friend.
She will place on your head an ornament of grace; A crown of glory she will deliver to you."
Isaiah
3Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Jeremiah
1Zechariah
2And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
Matthew
1Luke
1John
4And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Acts
2But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.
Romans
8And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name.
Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.
so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
1 Corinthians
12 Corinthians
2And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Ephesians
3But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Hebrews
2Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
James
11 Peter
2Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
2 Peter
2Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
1 John
1Titus
22 Timothy
1Thematic Index
The Definition and Nature of Grace
Salvation by Grace Through Faith
Grace in Times of Weakness and Need
Grace vs. Works of the Law
Grace for Godly Living and Service
Finding Grace in the Old Testament
The Abundance and Sufficiency of Grace
All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.