On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
Parallel translations
- WEB But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”
- KJV But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
- NKJV But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they.”
- NASB But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”
- NLT We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.”
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Quick answer
Peter affirms that Jews and Gentiles alike are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus. Salvation for everyone is by grace through Christ, not by law.
Overview
Strikingly, Peter says even Jewish believers are saved 'just as' Gentiles are, through grace, not the law. This levels all people at the foot of the cross and refutes any salvation-by-works scheme. It is one of Acts' clearest statements of the gospel: rescue comes through the undeserved favor of the Lord Jesus.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rom 3:24and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- Titus 3:4–7But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- Eph 2:5–9made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
- Titus 2:11For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
- Gal 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
- 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 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 1 Cor 16:23The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
- 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.
- Rom 5:15But 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!
- Rom 5:20–21The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- Eph 1:6–7to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Gal 1:6I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
- Rev 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
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