Meaning of “grace”

1. Grace — (1.) Of form or person (Prov. 1:9; 3:22; Ps. 45:2). (2.) Favour, kindness, friendship (Gen. 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 2 Tim. 1:9). (3.) God's forgiving mercy (Rom. 11:6; Eph. 2:5). (4.) The gospel as distinguished from the law (John 1:17; Rom. 6:14; 1 Pet. 5:12). (5.) Gifts freely bestowed by God; as miracles, prophecy, tongues (Rom. 15:15; 1 Cor. 15:10; Eph. 3:8). (6.) Christian virtues (2 Cor. 8:7; 2 Pet. 3:18). (7.) The glory hereafter to be revealed (1 Pet. 1:13).

2. Election of Grace — The Scripture speaks (1) of the election of individuals to office or to honour and privilege, e.g., Abraham, Jacob, Saul, David, Solomon, were all chosen by God for the positions they held; so also were the apostles. (2) There is also an election of nations to special privileges, e.g., the Hebrews (Deut. 7:6; Rom. 9:4). (3) But in addition there is an election of individuals to eternal life (2 Thess. 2:13; Eph. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:2; John 13:18). The ground of this election to salvation is the good pleasure of God (Eph. 1:5, 11; Matt. 11:25, 26; John 15:16, 19). God claims the right so to do (Rom. 9:16, 21). It is not conditioned on faith or repentance, but is of soverign grace (Rom. 11:4-6; Eph. 1:3-6). All that pertain to salvation, the means (Eph. 2:8; 2 Thess. 2:13) as well as the end, are of God (Acts 5:31; 2 Tim. 2:25; 1 Cor. 1:30; Eph. 2:5, 10). Faith and repentance and all other graces are the exercises of a regenerated soul; and regeneration is God's work, a "new creature." Men are elected "to salvation," "to the adoption of sons," "to be holy and without blame before him in love" (2 Thess. 2:13; Gal. 4:4, 5; Eph. 1:4). The ultimate end of election is the praise of God's grace (Eph. 1:6, 12). (See PREDESTINATION »T0002999.)

3. Grace, means of — an expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God to be the ordinary channels of grace to the souls of men. These are the Word, Sacraments, and Prayer. (2.) But in popular language the expression is used in a wider sense to denote those exercises in which we engage for the purpose of obtaining spiritual blessing; as hearing the gospel, reading the Word, meditation, self-examination, Christian conversation, etc.

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1. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 8 — But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

2. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 19 — Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

3. Genesis Chapter 32 Verse 5 — And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

4. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 15 — And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

5. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 10 — And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

6. Genesis Chapter 33 Verse 8 — And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

7. Genesis Chapter 34 Verse 11 — And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

8. Genesis Chapter 39 Verse 4 — And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

9. Genesis Chapter 47 Verse 29 — And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

10. Genesis Chapter 47 Verse 25 — And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

11. Genesis Chapter 50 Verse 4 — And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

12. Exodus Chapter 33 Verse 17 — And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

13. Exodus Chapter 33 Verse 16 — For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

14. Exodus Chapter 33 Verse 13 — Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

15. Exodus Chapter 33 Verse 12 — And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

16. Exodus Chapter 34 Verse 9 — And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

17. Numbers Chapter 32 Verse 5 — Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

18. Judges Chapter 6 Verse 17 — And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me.

19. Ruth Chapter 2 Verse 10 — Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

20. Ruth Chapter 2 Verse 2 — And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

21. 1 Samuel Chapter 1 Verse 18 — And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

22. 1 Samuel Chapter 20 Verse 3 — And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

23. 1 Samuel Chapter 27 Verse 5 — And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

24. 2 Samuel Chapter 14 Verse 22 — And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

25. 2 Samuel Chapter 16 Verse 4 — Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

26. Ezra Chapter 9 Verse 8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

27. Esther Chapter 2 Verse 17 — And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

28. Psalms Chapter 45 Verse 2 — Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

29. Psalms Chapter 84 Verse 11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

30. Proverbs Chapter 1 Verse 9 — For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

31. Proverbs Chapter 3 Verse 34 — Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

32. Proverbs Chapter 3 Verse 22 — So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

33. Proverbs Chapter 4 Verse 9 — She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

34. Proverbs Chapter 22 Verse 11 — He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

35. Jeremiah Chapter 14 Verse 21 — Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

36. Jeremiah Chapter 31 Verse 2 — Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

37. Zechariah Chapter 4 Verse 7 — Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

38. Zechariah Chapter 12 Verse 10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

39. Luke Chapter 2 Verse 40 — And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

40. John Chapter 1 Verse 17 — For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

41. John Chapter 1 Verse 16 — And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

42. John Chapter 1 Verse 14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

43. Acts Chapter 4 Verse 33 — And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

44. Acts Chapter 11 Verse 23 — Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

45. Acts Chapter 13 Verse 43 — Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

46. Acts Chapter 14 Verse 26 — And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

47. Acts Chapter 14 Verse 3 — Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

48. Acts Chapter 15 Verse 40 — And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.

49. Acts Chapter 15 Verse 11 — But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

50. Acts Chapter 18 Verse 27 — And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

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