But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
Parallel translations
- WEB But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are.”
- BSB On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
- 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 3:24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
- Titus 3:4–7But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
- Eph 2:5–9Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
- Titus 2:11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
- Gal 2:16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
- 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
- Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- 1 Cor 16:23The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 2 Cor 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
- Rom 5:15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
- Rom 5:20–21Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
- Eph 1:6–7To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
- Gal 1:6I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
- Rev 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
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