Acts 14:3
14:3 So they stayed there
for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified
to the message
of his grace, granting miraculous signs
and wonders to be performed through their hands.
Luke 2:10-11
2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! Listen carefully,
for I proclaim to you good news
that brings great joy to all the people:
2:11 Today
your Savior is born in the city
of David.
He is Christ
the Lord.
Romans 3:24-26
3:24 But they are justified
freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
3:25 God publicly displayed
him
at his death
as the mercy seat
accessible through faith.
This was to demonstrate
his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.
3:26 This was
also to demonstrate
his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just
and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness.
Romans 4:4
4:4 Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.
Romans 5:20-21
5:20 Now the law came in
so that the transgression
may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,
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.
Ephesians 1:6
1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace
that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
Ephesians 2:4-10
2:4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
2:5 even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you are saved! –
2:6 and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
2:7 to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
2:8 For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
2:9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast.
2:10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.
Titus 2:11
2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.
Titus 3:4-7
3:4 But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,
3:5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
3:6 whom he poured out on us in full measure
through Jesus Christ our Savior.
3:7 And so,
since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”
Titus 3:1
Conduct Toward Those Outside the Church
3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.
Titus 1:12
1:12 A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”