Acts 14:3

14:3 So they stayed there ¹  for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified ²  to the message ³  of his grace, granting miraculous signs ⁴  and wonders to be performed through their hands.

Romans 3:24

3:24 But they are justified ⁵  freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Romans 5:2

5:2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice ⁶  in the hope of God’s glory.

Romans 5:21

5:21 so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 11:6

11:6 And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Galatians 5:4

5:4 You who are trying to be declared righteous ⁷  by the law have been alienated ⁸  from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!

Ephesians 2:8

2:8 For by grace you are saved ⁹  through faith, ¹⁰  and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Titus 2:11

2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. ¹¹ 

Hebrews 13:9

13:9 Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. ¹²  For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, ¹³  which have never benefited those who participated in them.

Hebrews 13:1

Final Exhortations

13:1 Brotherly love must continue.

Hebrews 5:12

5:12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, ¹⁴  you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. ¹⁵  You have gone back to needing ¹⁶  milk, not ¹⁷  solid food.

¹ tn The word “there” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

² sn The Lord testified to the message by granting the signs described in the following clause.

³ tn Grk “word.”

⁴ tn Here the context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned.

⁵ tn Or “declared righteous.” Grk “being justified,” as a continuation of the preceding clause. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁶ tn Or “exult, boast.”

⁷ tn Or “trying to be justified.” The verb δικαιοῦσθε (dikaiousqe) has been translated as a conative present (see ExSyn 534).

⁸ tn Or “estranged”; BDAG 526 s.v. καταργέω 4 states, “Of those who aspire to righteousness through the law κ. ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ be estranged from Christ Gal 5:4.”

⁹ tn See note on the same expression in v. 5.

¹⁰ tc The feminine article is found before πίστεως (pistews, “faith”) in the Byzantine text as well as in A Ψ 1881 pc. Perhaps for some scribes the article was intended to imply creedal fidelity as a necessary condition of salvation (“you are saved through the faith”), although elsewhere in the corpus Paulinum the phrase διὰ τῆς πίστεως (dia th" pistew") is used for the act of believing rather than the content of faith (cf. Rom 3:30, 31; Gal 3:14; Eph 3:17; Col 2:12). On the other side, strong representatives of the Alexandrian and Western texts (א B D* F G P 0278 6 33 1739 al bo) lack the article. Hence, both text-critically and exegetically, the meaning of the text here is most likely “saved through faith” as opposed to “saved through the faith.” Regarding the textual problem, the lack of the article is the preferred reading.

¹¹ tn Grk “all men”; but ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpois) is generic here, referring to both men and women.

¹² tn Grk “by diverse and strange teachings.”

¹³ tn Grk “foods,” referring to the meals associated with the OT sacrifices (see the contrast with the next verse; also 9:9-10; 10:1, 4, 11).

¹⁴ tn Grk “because of the time.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God.”

¹⁶ tn Grk “you have come to have a need for.”

¹⁷ tc ‡ Most texts, including some early and important ones (א² A B* D Ψ 0122 0278 1881 Ï sy Cl), have καί (kai, “and”) immediately preceding οὐ (ou, “not”), but other equally significant witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א* B² C 33 81 1739 lat Or Did) lack the conjunction. As it was a natural tendency for scribes to add a coordinating conjunction, the καί appears to be a motivated reading. On balance, it is probably best to regard the shorter reading as authentic. NA²⁷ has καί in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.