But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, so that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

“I will not be silent about his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his graceful frame.

You are the most handsome of the sons of mankind; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

For they are a graceful wreath for your head And necklaces for your neck.

Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the needy.

She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty.”

Like a loving doe and a graceful mountain goat, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.

This is what the Lord says: “The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness— Israel, when it went to find its rest.”

God’s Grace to Unfaithful Jerusalem

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

So Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would give him a grace period, so that he might declare the interpretation to the king.

‘What are you, you great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring out the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”

“And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and of pleading, so that they will look at Me whom they pierced; and they will mourn for Him, like one mourning for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.

The Word Made Flesh

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

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

And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all.

And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;

Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be performed by their hands.

From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been entrusted to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished.

But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”

But Paul chose Silas, and left after being entrusted by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.

And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace,