Thursday, September 8, 2016

NIV 365 / ...by grace you have been saved.

The NIV 365-Day Devotional Reading Plan

Day 252 of 365

For it is by grace you have been saved. The concept of God being rich in mercy and grace (Hebrew hesed) is an important Biblical concept (see word study on Ex 15:13; compare with Ro 3:22-24; 2Ti 1:9). Similarly, the Dead Sea Scrolls community believed that their election was granted without being earned with human deeds.*
*Flusser, Judaism and the Origins of Christianity, 226.
Taken from First-Century Study Bible
Ephesians 2:8

Ephesians 2:8 KJV

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

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