'Salvation' in the Bible
And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.
And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.
Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
And the message of God kept on growing and spreading, and the number of disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem; and a large number of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith [accepting Jesus as Messiah and acknowledging Him as the Source of eternal salvation].
and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.
Now those [believers] who had been scattered went from place to place preaching the word [the good news of salvation through Christ].
[Philip said to him, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he replied, “I do believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”]
Now the apostles and the believers who were throughout Judea heard [with astonishment] that the Gentiles also had received and accepted the word of God [the message concerning salvation through Christ].
Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.
So then [since they were unaware of these developments] those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with [the stoning of] Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, without telling the message [of salvation through Christ] to anyone except Jews.
For Barnabas was a good man [privately and publicly—his godly character benefited both himself and others] and he was full of the Holy Spirit and full of faith [in Jesus the Messiah, through whom believers have everlasting life]. And a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
But the word of the Lord [the good news about salvation through Christ] continued to grow and spread [increasing in effectiveness].
When Barnabas and Saul arrived at Salamis, they began to preach the word of God [proclaiming the message of eternal salvation through faith in Christ] in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John [Mark] as their assistant.
who was [closely associated] with the proconsul [of the province], Sergius Paulus, an intelligent and sensible man. He called for Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ].
From this man's seed, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,
Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
On the next Sabbath almost the entire city gathered together to hear the word of the Lord [about salvation through faith in Christ].
And [at the same time] Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and confidently, saying, “It was necessary that God’s message [of salvation through faith in Christ] be spoken to you [Jews] first. Since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, now we turn to the Gentiles.
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
And so the word of the Lord [regarding salvation] was being spread through the entire region.
When they had spoken the word [of salvation through faith in Christ] in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
Arriving there, they gathered the church together and began to report [in great detail] everything that God had done with them and how He had opened to the Gentiles a door of faith [in Jesus as the Messiah and Savior].
Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation.
So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.
After a long debate, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the message of the gospel and believe.
and He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith [in Jesus].
But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.
But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, and with many others also continued teaching and proclaiming the good news, the word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ].
Now Paul traveled to Derbe and also to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer [in Christ], however, his father was a Greek.
And when she was baptized, along with her household, she pleaded with us, saying, “If you have judged me and decided that I am faithful to the Lord [a true believer], come to my house and stay.” And she persuaded us.
The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?
And they said, Have faith in the Lord Jesus, and you and your family will have salvation.
And they spoke the word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ] to him and to all who were in his house.
Now these people were more noble and open-minded than those in Thessalonica, so they received the message [of salvation through faith in the Christ] with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ] had also been preached by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.
So he settled there for a year and six months, teaching them the word of God [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ].
This continued for two years, so that all the inhabitants of [the west coast province of] Asia [Minor], Jews as well as Greeks, heard the word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ].
So the word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ] was growing greatly and prevailing.
And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.
So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.
Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
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