13 Bible Verses About Saved by Grace
Not by works of righteousness that we did, but according to his mercy he saved us - Titus 3:5 leaves salvation entirely in God's hands. These verses celebrate grace from start to finish: unearned, undeserved, and unshakeable because it never depended on you.
he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
For it is by this grace that you have been saved, through faith. None of this comes from you; it is God’s gift.
He saved us and called us to a holy life, not because of anything we had done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before eternal ages began,
No, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, and they are saved in just the same way.”
And if it is by grace, it does not come from works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
It is God’s grace that has made me what I am, and his grace to me was not wasted. Instead, I have toiled harder than all of them, though it was not I but God’s grace working with me.
But God proves how much he loves us: Christ died for us when we were still sinners.
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
I do not cancel out God’s grace. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing at all.
Yet they are declared righteous as a free gift, by his grace, through the redemption found in Christ Jesus.
In him and through his blood we have redemption, the forgiveness of our wrongdoing. We have it because God’s grace is so rich,
After all, you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: rich as he was, he became poor for your sake, so that his poverty might make you rich.
Common questions
What does it mean to be saved by grace?
To be saved by grace means salvation is God’s gift, not our achievement: “He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy” (Titus 3:5). By grace you have been saved through faith (Ephesians 2:8).
Which Bible verses say we are saved by grace?
Ephesians 2:8, Titus 3:5, 2 Timothy 1:9, and Romans 11:6 are the clearest. They leave salvation entirely in God’s hands, so that no one can boast.
If salvation is free, do works matter?
Works don’t earn salvation — “if it is by grace, it does not come from works” (Romans 11:6) — but they flow from it. We are saved by grace and then created in Christ for the good works God prepared for us (Ephesians 2:10).