Through God's mercy and love, humanity can be reconciled to Him and experience eternal salvation. According to Ephesians, this salvation is a gift from God, received through faith, and John 3:16 reveals the depth of God's love in sending His Son to save the world. As expressed in Romans 10:9, confessing Jesus as Lord is essential to salvation, and 2 Corinthians 5:17 highlights the transformative power of becoming a new creation in Christ. Furthermore, 1 John 1:9 assures believers that if they confess their sins, God will forgive and purify them, demonstrating His desire to save and redeem all people.
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For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity. This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.