Ephesians 2:8

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Ephesians 2:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

7 in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

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.

10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

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made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

Romans 3:24

and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Mark 16:16

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Luke 7:50

And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

John 3:14

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

John 3:15

that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:17

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 3:18

Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

John 3:36

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

John 5:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

John 6:28

Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”

John 6:29

Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

John 6:35

Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

John 6:40

For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Acts 13:39

Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

Acts 15:7

After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

Acts 15:8

And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

Acts 15:9

He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

Acts 16:31

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

Romans 3:22

And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 3:25

God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

Romans 3:26

He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 4:5

However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

Romans 4:16

Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.

Romans 10:9

that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 10:10

For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

Galatians 3:14

He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

1 John 5:10

Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

1 John 5:11

And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

1 John 5:12

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

Ephesians 1:19

and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

Matthew 16:17

Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.

John 1:12

But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

John 1:13

children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

John 6:37

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

John 6:44

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:65

Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”

Acts 14:27

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Acts 16:14

Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

Romans 10:14

How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?

Romans 10:17

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Philippians 1:29

For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

Colossians 2:12

And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.

James 1:16

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

James 1:18

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.