The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
- BSB And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are 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 the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
- Eph 1:7–8in whom we have our 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. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
- 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Isa 55:6–7Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
- 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
- Rom 16:20And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 1 Jn 4:10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- 1 Th 1:3remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
- Exod 34:6Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
- 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, that you through his poverty might become rich.
- Rev 22:21The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.
- 1 Th 5:8But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
- Rom 5:15–20But 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.
- Acts 15:11But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”
- Luke 7:47–50Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”
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