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Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 4:12 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
  • KJV Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
  • BSB Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
  • NASB And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”
  • NLT There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”

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Quick answer

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. Jesus alone is the way of salvation.

Overview

This is one of Scripture's clearest statements of the exclusivity of Christ: salvation comes through his name alone. Far from narrow bigotry, it is the good news that God has provided a sure and sufficient Savior. For the historic Christian faith, this verse anchors the conviction that there is no salvation apart from Jesus, who died and rose to reconcile sinners to God.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
  • 1 Cor 3:11For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
  • John 3:36One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
  • 1 Tim 2:5–6For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  • 1 Jn 5:11–12The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Acts 10:42–43He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
  • Mark 16:15–16He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
  • Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
  • Matt 1:21She shall give birth to a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
  • Heb 2:3how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation — which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
  • Rev 20:15If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
  • Rev 7:9–10After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
  • Ps 45:17I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.
  • Heb 12:25See that you don’t refuse him who speaks. For if they didn’t escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,
  • Col 1:23if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
  • Job 41:11Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
  • Gen 7:19The waters rose very high on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
  • Acts 2:5Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Acts videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Acts 4:12YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on ActsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Acts is the risen Christ continuing his work by the Spirit through the church, as the apostles preach that there is salvation in no other name under heaven.

How Acts 4:12 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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