Sentences with phrase «by grace you have been saved»

In Ephesians the bible says,» by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this not of your self, it is a gift from God, not by works so no one will boast.»

The gift of verse 8 is that «by grace you have been saved.»

The main idea of the entire passage and of the entire context is the phrase by grace you have been saved.

And though some claim that the «gift» which Paul refers to in Ephesians 2:8 - 9 is faith, the Greek word «that» («that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God) is neuter and the Greek word for «faith» is feminine, which means the gift of God is not faith, but rather the entire «salvation package» which originated with God (i.e, «by grace you have been saved»).

After a brief explanation about what this life in Christ, this «salvation» entails (Ephesians 2:6 - 7), Paul picks back up the «by grace you have been saved» statement in Ephesians 2:8 - 9 and explains it further.

This is the third things he says about the «by grace you have been saved» package.

In this view, Paul is saying, «For by grace you have been saved through faith, and faith is not of yourselves, faith is the gift of God.»

«For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.»

«Even when we were dead through our trespasses, God made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved — and raised us up with him» (Eph.

Based on this observation, the fourth view is that the pronoun is referring to the entire «by grace you have been saved through faith» concept, and the fifth view is that the pronoun only refers to the concept which Paul has stated twice in the context, namely, «by grace you have been saved» (Ephesians 2:5, 8).

In this view, Ephesians 2:8 could be read this way: «For by grace you have been saved through faith, and it is especially not of yourselves, it is especially the gift of God.»

As seen in the chiastic structure noted above, the parallel statements «not of yourselves... the gift of God» are not explaining «faith» but are explaining «by grace you have been saved» (See the excellent article by Rene Lopez called «Is Faith a Gift from God?

In my translation, it has a short parenthesis which says (by grace you have been saved).

Ephesians 2 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

and in Ephesians 2:8 - 9, «For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is a gift the gift of God — NOT BY WORKS, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 2:8 - 9 For by grace you have been saved through faith.

«8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.»

The key phrase in Paul's Letter to the Ephesians is this: ``... even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have you been saved)» (Eph.

(1Corinthians 15:17) «For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.

they say» For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.»

«For by grace you have been saved through faith.

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8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 2:8,9 «8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.»

«You were dead through trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world,» says Ephesians, but now «by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing.»

Ephesians 2:8 & 9 — «For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not the result of works, so that no one may boast».

Phrases like, «For by grace you have been saved through faith... not of works...» (Eph 2:8 - 9), and, «to him who does not work but believes» (Rom 4:5), are complete nonsense, if works are part of the definition of the words faith and believe.

«By grace you have been saved.»

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved — and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For it is by grace we have been saved, through faith - and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.

Not exact matches

Glen Beck is a Christian if you believe that saved means that we get to live in the afterlife with a chance to have eternal life in the mansion where God the Father and Jesus Christ are if we are worthy enough by doing good works to progress to be there and that God's grace comes after all we can do.

But by God's grace His people have peace in the knowledge that the failings of man - centered churches were explained and foretold in the Bible, and that God will save all who He wishes to save, and His righteousness prevails in eternity over the deceptions of Satan, the errors of man, and the temporary freedom of deniers.

Your job has only one main goal: find out if they know they are saved only by the grace of Jesus Christ.

Not quite tallulah, all the other gods are man invented or possibly demonic.Every other idol god either mimics God and or requires a series of works to gain their favor.They are created by men to appease the inner knowledge of God, but all fall short of the creator God.You can not work your way into Gods good graces, you can only be saved by faith through grace.God alone has resolved the sin problem we all suffer from, in the selfless sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.It is by accepting Jesus» redemption for us that allows us to be reconciled with God.God bless

Jesus Christ indeed is the Great I AM and some of the jews and gentiles believed / believe in this and have been saved by HIS GRACE

Anyway, I do believe in the Kingdom and I agree that it is in everyone and everyone who has been saved by grace through faith is in the kingdom.

Paul says here that it is by grace that we have been saved.

First, the adjective and noun by grace, and second, the participle you have been saved.

We are saved by the grace of God and can add nothing to what God has already done for us we can not earn our salvation nor do we deserve it but God does require something of us and that is that we believe in his son as our saviour and Lord and that we acknowledge our sin repent and chose to follow him with all our heart.brentnz

If you have been saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus then you are a permanent member of his church.

If, as the Scriptures and experience tell us, all men are by nature in a state of guilt and depravity from which they are wholly unable to deliver themselves and have no claim whatever on God for deliverance, it follows that if any are saved God must choose out those who shall be the objects of His grace (Boettner, Predestination, 95).

Michael shares eight of the reservations he had about institutional church and how grappling with these issues led him to see that church is not found in a building, but in all people who are saved by grace and follow Jesus in their day - to - day lives by loving and serving others.

The concept of once saved always saved takes a bit to get your head around but Gods grace is greater than our sin and greater than our good works it just takes faith in Jesus Christ to recieve Gods grace.In saying that to continue to sin as a christian is like playing with fire you will be burnt.Paul talks of the sexual immorality in corinthian church of the son and father that were sleeping with the same wife they were excommunicated from the church the members were not allowed to even eat with them until they repented.There are consequences for our actions.The other side to this is that if you continue to sin as a christian you are not walking by faith but walking by the flesh and are really backsliding.In the backslidden state you also become powerless and open to attack by satan as long as we walk in the flesh he can influence us to get worse not better.If we are walking in Christ satan may still try to tempt us but we are empowered by the holy spirit and overcome him and our faith increases.Both are saved by grace but one is powerless because of sin versus saved but an overcomer having been set free from sin i think this is what Paul was trying to explain.It is better to be an overcomer than overcome by sin.brentnz

That is a central Christian teaching which many Christians find offensive since they have fallen into the Galatian heresy of beginning in the Gospel, but returning to the Law: saved by Grace, but remain saved by our obedience.

Those of us who are saved by grace, teach grace, write about grace, proclaim grace, and have «grace» in the names of our churches and ministries, are some of the least gracious people that exist.

Paul is speaking of sinful humanity (Gentiles) not having an intimate knowledge of His saving grace, not having had the gospel revealed to them as the Jews had, yet having a knowledge of God revealed by His creation.

Craig thanks for commenting the issue i have is that we are saved by faith and by the grace of God both in the old and the new.Not by the blood sacrifices of animals i am not saying they are not important as they served an important role in the old testament.But even if cain had offered a lamb his sacrifice would still not have been accepted because it wasnt given in faith but by works his heart wasnt right so his offering wasnt accepted.

I think God speaks clearly in these times because of his silence it means he has had enough of our ways we havent listened we have gone our own way we havent acted on what his prophets have spoken so he distances himself until such time that we will take him seriously.Thats how it was in the old testament he allowed his people to go into captivity or bondage when they refused to obey his word.We see this pattern repeated over and over for example In Egypt when they were in slavery it wasnt until the people acknowledged there sin and cried out to God to save them and he did by sending a savior moses.Because we have Christ we have grace he wont spurn us like he used to because Christ took away our reproach and he is free to love us despite our sinfulness.brentnz

Joel — You should assume that your soul needs to be saved because you are in essence turning your back on the God that created you by saying — I don't believe in you and I don't need you — So when you die and you no longer have the amazing grace of God that keeps us all alive here on earth and provides for all of your needs (whether you acknowledge Him or not).

Jeremy Myers, i think you are wrong and David is right, so many out there are preaching you can live any way you want and be right that Grace covers any sin, they really believe that, that is not what the bible says, God was very concerned about sin so much he sent Jesus his son to die on a cross for us, if we accept Jesus as our savor then we are to obey his commandments, not break them, we are to live a righteous and holy life as possible, the bible plainly list a whole list of things if we live in will not to to heaven unless we repent, if we die while in these sins, we will not go to heaven, what is the difference, between someone who said a prayer and someone who did not, and they are living the same way, none, i think, if we are truly saved it should be hard to do these things let alone live and do them everyday, i would be afraid to tell people that it does not matte grace covers their sins, i really think it is the slip ups that we are convicted of by the Holy Spirit and we ask for forgivness, how can anyones heart be right with God and they have sex all the time out of marriage, lie, break every commandment of God, i don't think this is meaning grace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for forgiveness, a lot of people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hatesGrace covers any sin, they really believe that, that is not what the bible says, God was very concerned about sin so much he sent Jesus his son to die on a cross for us, if we accept Jesus as our savor then we are to obey his commandments, not break them, we are to live a righteous and holy life as possible, the bible plainly list a whole list of things if we live in will not to to heaven unless we repent, if we die while in these sins, we will not go to heaven, what is the difference, between someone who said a prayer and someone who did not, and they are living the same way, none, i think, if we are truly saved it should be hard to do these things let alone live and do them everyday, i would be afraid to tell people that it does not matte grace covers their sins, i really think it is the slip ups that we are convicted of by the Holy Spirit and we ask for forgivness, how can anyones heart be right with God and they have sex all the time out of marriage, lie, break every commandment of God, i don't think this is meaning grace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for forgiveness, a lot of people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hatesgrace covers their sins, i really think it is the slip ups that we are convicted of by the Holy Spirit and we ask for forgivness, how can anyones heart be right with God and they have sex all the time out of marriage, lie, break every commandment of God, i don't think this is meaning grace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for forgiveness, a lot of people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hatesgrace covers those sins, until they repent and ask for forgiveness, a lot of people will end up in hell because preachers teach Grace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hatesGrace the wrong way,, and those preachers will answer to God for leading these people the wrong way, not saying you are one of them, but be careful, everything we teach or preach must line up with the word of God, God hates sin,