Bible Dictionary: Grace: Saints are What They are By

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1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed on me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
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2 Corinthians 1:12
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
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The Saints Shall Know More Fully in the Next World the Benefits ...
... Thus, when reprobate angels and men are left to endure everlasting punishment, the
saints shall know more fully the benefits they have received by grace. ...
/.../augustine/the enchiridion/chapter 94 the saints shall know.htm

Of Gratitude for the Grace of God
... the highest saints of God are least in their own sight, and the more glorious they
are, so much the lowlier are they in themselves; full of grace and heavenly ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter x of gratitude for.htm

The Perseverance of the Saints
... to deviate from the guidance of divine grace, so as ... be constant in watching and prayer,
that they may not ... fall of David, Peter, and other saints described in ...
/.../anonymous/synod of dort/the perseverance of the saints.htm

[Shewing] that Common and Saving Grace Differ, not Only in Degree ...
... 6. That those that are not true saints have no degree of that grace that the saints
have is evident, because they have no communion or fellowship with Christ. ...
/.../edwards/treatise on grace/shewing that common and saving.htm

Of Deeper Matters, and God's Hidden Judgments which are not to be ...
... I am He Who made all the Saints: I gave them grace, I brought ... I foreknew my beloved
ones from everlasting, I chose them out of the world;(5) they did not ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter lviii of deeper matters.htm

The Tenth Chapter: Appreciating God's Grace
... Give Him thanks, then, for His grace, but place upon ... The saints who are greatest
before God are those who ... the least, and the more humble they are within ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the tenth chapter appreciating gods.htm

The Communion of Saints.
... So intimately connected are the Saints with their Lord that they are the ... He is strong
through grace, because his strength is not his own, but is derived ...
/.../burbidge/the kingdom of heaven what is it/chapter x the communion of.htm

That the Example of Certain Saints who Seem to have Exercised ...
... Those great saints were immediately inspired by God, and ... that the curse and punishment
which they deserved might ... to be deprived of charity and the grace of his ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xvi that the example.htm

On the Invocation of Saints
... the circumstance of their alleging the merits of saints, and of ... (2.) Because they
detract greatly ... with confidence and freedom, to the throne of grace, "that we ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/disputation 24 on the invocation.htm

The Fifty-Eighth Chapter: High Matters and the Hidden Judgments of ...
... I am He who made all the saints. I gave them grace: I brought them to glory. ...
I chose them out of the world"they did not choose Me. ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the fifty-eighth chapter high matters.htm

Subtopics

Grace

Grace is Described as All-Abundant

Grace is Described as All-Sufficient

Grace is Described as Exceeding

Grace is Described as Glorious

Grace is Described as Great

Grace is Described as Manifold

Grace is Described as Rich

Grace is Described as Sovereign

Grace is the Source of Consolation

Grace is the Source of Election