Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."
but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.
When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
if it is so that you have heard of the administration of that grace of God which was given me toward you;
of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.
To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.
For you are wonderful, lord, and your countenance is full of grace."
Now for a little moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different "good news";
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.
I don't make void the grace of God. For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nothing!"
You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of the LORD's right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.
But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
Grace be with you all. Amen.
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
Do not abhor [us], for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, don't break your covenant with us.
If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.
Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"
For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
"Don't prophesy!" They prophesy. "Don't prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us."
Then I said to them, "You see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we won't be disgraced."
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."
A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.
A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.
May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly. A meditation by David, which he sang to the LORD, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
For the LORD God is a sun and a shield. the LORD will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
Take away my disgrace that I dread, for your ordinances are good.
John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.
through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;
Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
But the free gift isn't like the trespass. For if by the trespass of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.
For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.
What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!
Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
And 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.
For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.
Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all! Amen.
to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
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