And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Parallel translations
- WEB The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
- KJV And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
- NKJV And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
- NASB and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.
- NLT Oh, how generous and gracious our Lord was! He filled me with the faith and love that come from Christ Jesus.
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Quick answer
The Lord's grace overflowed to Paul with faith and love in Christ. It celebrates the abundance of grace that transforms even the worst sinner.
Overview
Paul says the grace of the Lord 'abounded exceedingly,' bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus. Grace did not merely pardon him but produced new affections and trust. This abounding grace is the heart of the gospel he proclaims.
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- 2 Tim 1:13Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
- Eph 1:7–8In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- 1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Isa 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
- Rom 16:20The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 1 Jn 4:10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- 1 Th 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Exod 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
- 2 Cor 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- Rev 22:21The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.
- 1 Th 5:8But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.
- Rom 5:15–20But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
- Acts 15:11On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
- Luke 7:47–50Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
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