Biblical Concept: Charis

Vocabulary: Charis / ca,rij – grace, favor, gift, beneficial opportunity. From chairo / cai,rw meaning: “to rejoice, be glad, be joyful, be full of joy.”

The following are all the instances of charis from the koine Greek manuscripts.

Findings:

Grace is: God's beneficial opportunity for mankind to approach Him for eternal salvation and spiritual

growth based on the Person and work of Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:1-2 and Acts 20:32.)

Mary, favor, God.

Christ Child: “grace of God was upon Him”

Jesus, wisdom, stature, favor, God, men.

Jesus: “gracious words which were falling from His lips”

Jesus: full of grace and truth.

Jesus: fulness, grace upon grace.

Jesus: grace and truth.

Apostles: “abundant grace was upon them all”

Stephen: grace, power, wonders, signs.

Joseph: favor and wisdom.

David: “favor in God's sight”

Barnabas: “witnessed the grace of God”

Paul and Barnabas in Pisidia: “continue in the grace of God”

Peter: “we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus”

Apollos: “he helped greatly those who had believed through grace”

Paul: “to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God”

Paul: “word of His grace, which is able to build you up”

Paul to Romans: “we have received grace and apostleship”

Grace greeting from Jesus.

Grace greeting to Romans: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Faith grace relationship.

Through Jesus: “introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand”

Free gift, grace, abound, relationship.

“Jesus Christ” and “abundance of grace” and “gift of righteousness” relationship.

Sin versus abounding grace.

Sin and death versus grace, righteousness, eternal life, through Jesus.

“you are not under law, but under grace”

“remnant according to God's gracious choice”

Grace versus works.

Paul: “grace given to me”

“gifts that differ according to the grace given to us”

Paul: “the grace that was given me from God”

Romans grace closing: The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

1 Corinthians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Grace peace relationship.

Paul to Corinthians: “the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus”

Paul to Corinthians: “According to the grace of God which was given to me”

Paul: “by the grace of God I am what I am”

1 Corinthians grace closing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.”

2 Corinthians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

“in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world”

Grace, glory, God relationship.

Thanks = eucharistia / euvcaristi,a / eu = good, charis = grace

Good Grace Thanks

“not to receive the grace of God in vain”

“grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia”

“the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Grace, abound, sufficiency, abundance, deeds.

Surpassing grace.

God to Paul: “My grace is sufficient for you”

2 Corinthians grace closing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship

of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.”

“grace of the Lord Jesus Christ”

Galatians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ”

“Him who called you by the grace of Christ”

“called me through His grace”

Apostle Paul: “the grace that had been given to me”

“I do not nullify the grace of God”

Grace versus Law.

“you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace”

Galatian grace closing: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.”

Ephesians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Grace and peace greeting.

“glory of His grace”

Praise glory relationship.

“riches of His grace”

“by grace you have been saved”

“surpassing riches of His grace”

“by grace you have been saved through faith”

Apostle Paul of himself: “stewardship of God's grace”

Apostle Paul of himself: “I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace”

Apostle Paul of himself: “this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of

Christ”

Re spiritual gifts: “to each one of us grace was given”

Relationship: mouth, edification, grace to those who hear.

Ephesians grace closing: “Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love

incorruptible.”

Philippians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Paul to Philippians: “you all are partakers of grace with me”

Philippians grace closing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.”

Grace spirit relationship.

Colossians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father.”

Re Colossians: “understood the grace of God in truth”

To Colossians: “Let your speech always be with grace”

Colossians grace closing:” Grace be with you."

1 Thessalonians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace.”

1 Thessalonians grace closing: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”

2 Thessalonians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ.”

Relationship: God, glorified, and grace.

“good hope by grace”

2 Thessalonians grace closing: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.”

Grace, mercy, peace relationship.

1 Timothy grace greeting: “Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”

“the grace of our Lord was more than abundant”

1 Timothy grace closing: “Grace be with you.”

2 Timothy grace greeting: “Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Grace, mercy, peace relationship.

Saved grace relationship.

“be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus”

2 Timothy grace closing: “The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.”

Grace spirit relationship.

Titus grace greeting: “to Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father

and Christ Jesus our Savior.”

Grace, salvation, inclusive.

Justified grace relationship.

Grace heirs relationship.

Grace eternal life relationship.

Titus grace closing: “All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with

you all.”

Philemon grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Philemon grace closing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.”

Re Jesus: “by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone”

“throne of grace”

“insulted the Spirit of grace”

Spirit grace relationship.

“comes short of the grace of God”

Grace versus bitterness.

Grace-gratitude and service relationship.

“it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods”

Hebrews grace closing: “Grace be with you all.”

“He gives a greater grace”

“God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Proud versus grace.

1 Peter grace greeting: “May grace and peace be yours in fullest measure.”

“prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you”

“fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ”

Suffering and grace-favor with God.

Re wives: “fellow heir of the grace of life”

Gift, serving, good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Manifold grace.

God: “gives grace to the humble”

Suffer grace relationship.

1 Peter grace closing: “…this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!”

2 Peter grace greeting: “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our

Lord”

Grace, peace, spiritual knowledge, relationship.

2 Peter grace closing: “but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him

be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”

2 John grace greeting: “Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus

Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.”

Grace, mercy, peace, relationship.

“ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness”

Grace attacked.

Revelation grace greeting: “John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from

Him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who

are before His throne”

Revelation grace closing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.”

Addendum: Utilizing charis and other related vocabulary see the Biblical Concept: Grace Abundance.

Addendum: See Biblical Concept: Grace and Jesus.

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(Charis has been underlined where the translation is not obvious.)

^NAS Luke 1:30 And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. (Mary, favor, God.)

^NAS Luke 2:40 And the Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. (Christ Child: “grace of God was upon Him”)

⁵² And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. (Jesus, wisdom, stature, favor, God, men.)

^NAS Luke 4:22 And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; and they were saying, "Is this not Joseph's son?" (Jesus: “gracious words which were falling from His lips”)

^NAS Luke 6:32 "And if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

³³ "And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

³⁴ "And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, in order to receive back the same amount.

^NAS Luke 17:9 "He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he?

^NAS John 1:14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (Jesus: full of grace and truth.)

¹⁶ For of His fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace. (Jesus: fulness, grace upon grace.)

¹⁷ For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. (Jesus: grace and truth.)

^NAS Acts 2:47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.

^NAS Acts 4:33 And with great power the apostles were giving witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all. (Apostles: “abundant grace was upon them all”)

^NAS Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. (Stephen: grace, power, wonders, signs.)

^NAS Acts 7:10 and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household. (Joseph: favor and wisdom.)

⁴⁶ "And David found favor in God's sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. (David: “favor in God's sight”)

^NAS Acts 11:23 Then when he had come and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord; (Barnabas: “witnessed the grace of God”)

^NAS Acts 13:43 Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the grace of God. (Paul and Barnabas in Pisidia: “continue in the grace of God”)

^NAS Acts 14:3 Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands. (Paul and Barnabas in Iconium: word of His grace, signs, wonders)

²⁶ and from there they sailed to Antioch, from which they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished.

^NAS Acts 15:11 "But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are." (Peter: “we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus”)

⁴⁰ But Paul chose Silas and departed, being committed by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.

^NAS Acts 18:27 And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brethren encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he helped greatly those who had believed through grace; (Apollos: “he helped greatly those who had believed through grace”)

^NAS Acts 20:24 "But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, in order that I may finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God. (Paul: “to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God”)

³² "And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. (Paul: “word of His grace, which is able to build you up”)

^NAS Acts 24:27 But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul imprisoned.

^NAS Acts 25:3 requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way).

⁹ But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me on these charges?"

^NAS Romans 1:5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, for His name's sake, (Paul to Romans: “we have received grace and apostleship”)

⁷ to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Grace greeting from Jesus.) (Grace greeting to Romans: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”)

^NAS Romans 3:24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; (“justified as a gift by His grace”)

^NAS Romans 4:4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not reckoned as a favor, but as what is due.

¹⁶ For this reason it is by faith, that it might be in accordance with grace, in order that the promise may be certain to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (Faith grace relationship.)

^NAS Romans 5:2 through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. (^NAS Romans 5:1 Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,) (Through Jesus: “introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand”)

¹⁵ But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. (Free gift, grace, abound, relationship.)

¹⁷ For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. (“Jesus Christ” and “abundance of grace” and “gift of righteousness” relationship.)

²⁰ And the Law came in that the transgression might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, (Sin versus abounding grace.)

²¹ that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Sin and death versus grace, righteousness, eternal life, through Jesus.)

^NAS Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace might increase?

¹⁴ For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law, but under grace. (“you are not under law, but under grace”)

¹⁵ What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

¹⁷ But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,

^NAS Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

^NAS Romans 11:5 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice. (“remnant according to God's gracious choice”)

⁶ But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace. (Grace versus works.)

^NAS Romans 12:3 For through the grace given to me I say to every man among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. (Paul: “grace given to me”)

⁶ And since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let each exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; (“gifts that differ according to the grace given to us”)

^NAS Romans 15:15 But I have written very boldly to you on some points, so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God, (Paul: “the grace that was given me from God”)

^NAS Romans 16:20 And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. (Romans grace closing: The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.)

^NAS 1 Corinthians 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”) (Grace peace relationship.)

⁴ I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, (Paul to Corinthians: “the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus”)

^NAS 1 Corinthians 3:10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But let each man be careful how he builds upon it. (Paul to Corinthians: “According to the grace of God which was given to me”)

^NAS 1 Corinthians 10:30 If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks?

^NAS 1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. (Paul: “by the grace of God I am what I am”)

⁵⁷ but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

^NAS 1 Corinthians 16:3 And when I arrive, whomever you may approve, I shall send them with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem;

²³ The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. (1 Corinthians grace closing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.”)

^NAS 2 Corinthians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”)

¹² For our proud confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you. (“in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world”)

¹⁵ And in this confidence I intended at first to come to you, that you might twice receive a blessing;

^NAS 2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in His triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. (“But grace be to God” is a fine translation.)

^NAS 2 Corinthians 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God. (Grace, glory, God relationship.) (Thanks = eucharistia / euvcaristi,a / eu = good, charis = grace) (Good Grace Thanks)

^NAS 2 Corinthians 6:1 And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain— (“not to receive the grace of God in vain”)

^NAS 2 Corinthians 8:1 Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, (“grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia”)

⁴ begging us with much entreaty for the favor of participation in the support of the saints,

⁶ Consequently we urged Titus that as he had previously made a beginning, so he would also complete in you this gracious work as well.

⁷ But just as you abound in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love we inspired in you, see that you abound in this gracious work also.

⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. (“the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ”)

¹⁶ But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

¹⁹ and not only this, but he has also been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself, and to show our readiness,

^NAS 2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed; (Grace, abound, sufficiency, abundance, deeds.)

¹⁴ while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you. (Surpassing grace)

¹⁵ Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

^NAS 2 Corinthians 12:9 And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. (God to Paul: “My grace is sufficient for you”)

^NAS 2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. (2 Corinthians grace closing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.”) (“grace of the Lord Jesus Christ”)

^NAS Galatians 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, (Galatians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ”)

⁶ I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; (“Him who called you by the grace of Christ”)

¹⁵ But when He who had set me apart, even from my mother's womb, and called me through His grace, was pleased (“called me through His grace”)

^NAS Galatians 2:9 and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. (Apostle Paul: “the grace that had been given to me”)

²¹ "I do not nullify the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly." (“I do not nullify the grace of God”) (Grace versus Law.)

^NAS Galatians 5:4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. (“you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace”)

^NAS Galatians 6:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen. (Galatian grace closing: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.”)

^NAS Ephesians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Ephesians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”) (Grace and peace greeting.)

⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. (“glory of His grace”) (Praise glory relationship.)

⁷ In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, (“riches of His grace”)

^NAS Ephesians 2:5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), [“by grace you have been saved”]

⁷ in order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. (“surpassing riches of His grace”)

⁸ For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; (“by grace you have been saved through faith”)

^NAS Ephesians 3:2 if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you; (Apostle Paul of himself: “stewardship of God's grace”)

⁷ of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power. (Apostle Paul of himself: “I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace”)

⁸ To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, (Apostle Paul of himself: “this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ”)

^NAS Ephesians 4:7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. (Re spiritual gifts: “to each one of us grace was given”)

²⁹ Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear. (Relationship: mouth, edification, grace to those who hear)

^NAS Ephesians 6:24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love incorruptible. (Ephesians grace closing: “Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love incorruptible.”)

^NAS Philippians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philippians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”)

⁷ For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me. (Paul to Philippians: “you all are partakers of grace with me”)

^NAS Philippians 4:23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. (Philippians grace closing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.”) (Grace spirit relationship.)

^NAS Colossians 1:2 to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. (Colossians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father.”)

⁶ which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth; (Re Colossians: “understood the grace of God in truth”)

^NAS Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (“Thankful-grace” would be a fine translation. Or, just “singing with grace in your hearts to God.”)

^NAS Colossians 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person. (To Colossians: “Let your speech always be with grace”)

¹⁸ I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you. (Colossians grace closing:” Grace be with you.")

^NAS 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. (1 Thessalonians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace.”)

^NAS 1 Thessalonians 5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (1 Thessalonians grace closing: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”)

^NAS 2 Thessalonians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”)

¹² in order that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Relationship: God, glorified, and grace.)

^NAS 2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, (“good hope by grace”)

^NAS 2 Thessalonians 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. (2 Thessalonians grace closing: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.”)

^NAS 1 Timothy 1:2 to Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (1 Timothy grace greeting: “Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”) (Grace, mercy, peace relationship.)

¹² I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service;

¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus. (“the grace of our Lord was more than abundant”)

^NAS 1 Timothy 6:21 which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith. Grace be with you. (1 Timothy grace closing: “Grace be with you.”)

^NAS 2 Timothy 1:2 to Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (2 Timothy grace greeting: “Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”) (Grace, mercy, peace relationship.)

³ I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day,

⁹ who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, (Saved grace relationship)

^NAS 2 Timothy 2:1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. (“be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus”)

^NAS 2 Timothy 4:22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. (2 Timothy grace closing: “The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.”) (Grace spirit relationship.)

^NAS Titus 1:4 to Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. (Titus grace greeting: “to Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.”)

^NAS Titus 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, (Grace, salvation, inclusive.)

^NAS Titus 3:7 that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Justified grace relationship.) (Grace heirs relationship.) (Grace eternal life relationship.)

¹⁵ All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. (Titus grace closing: “All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.”)

^NAS Philemon 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Philemon grace greeting: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”)

²⁵ The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. (Philemon grace closing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.”)

^NAS Hebrews 2:9 But we do see Him who has been made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. (Re Jesus: “by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone”)

^NAS Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need. (“throne of grace”)

^NAS Hebrews 10:29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? (“insulted the Spirit of grace”) (Spirit grace relationship)

^NAS Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; (“comes short of the grace of God”) (Grace versus bitterness.)

²⁸ Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; (Grace-gratitude and service relationship.)

^NAS Hebrews 13:9 Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were thus occupied were not benefited. (“it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods”)

²⁵ Grace be with you all. (Hebrews grace closing: “Grace be with you all.”)

^NAS James 4:6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (“He gives a greater grace”) (“God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”) (Proud versus grace.)

^NAS 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in fullest measure. (1 Peter grace greeting: “May grace and peace be yours in fullest measure.”)

¹⁰ As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful search and inquiry, (“prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you”)

¹³ Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (“fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ”)

^NAS 1 Peter 2:19 For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a man bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.

²⁰ For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. (Suffering and grace-favor with God.)

^NAS 1 Peter 3:7 You husbands likewise, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and grant her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. (Re wives: “fellow heir of the grace of life”)

^NAS 1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. (special gift = ca,risma /charisma) (Gift, serving, good stewards of the manifold grace of God) (Manifold grace.)

^NAS 1 Peter 5:5 You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. (God: “gives grace to the humble”)

¹⁰ And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. (Suffer grace relationship.)

¹² Through Silvanus, our faithful brother (for so I regard him), I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it! (1 Peter grace closing: “…this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!”)

^NAS 2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; (2 Peter grace greeting: “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord”) (Grace, peace, spiritual knowledge, relationship.)

^NAS 2 Peter 3:18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Peter grace closing: “but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”)

^NAS 2 John 1:3 Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. (2 John grace greeting: “Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.”) (Grace, mercy, peace, relationship.)

^NAS Jude 1:4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. (“ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness”) (Grace attacked.)

^NAS Revelation 1:4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne; (Revelation grace greeting: “John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne”)

^NAS Revelation 22:21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. (Revelation grace closing: “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.”)

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