You have done me a great favor and saved my life. But the hills are too far away; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die before I get there.

Moses said to the LORD, "It is true that you have told me to lead these people to that land, but you did not tell me whom you would send with me. You have said that you know me well and are pleased with me.

The LORD said, "I will go with you, and I will give you victory."

How will anyone know that you are pleased with your people and with me if you do not go with us? Your presence with us will distinguish us from any other people on earth."

The LORD is our protector and glorious king, blessing us with kindness and honor. He does not refuse any good thing to those who do what is right.

He protects everyone who loves him, but he will destroy the wicked.

If you do this, both God and people will be pleased with you.

Those who find me find life, and the LORD will be pleased with them.

The LORD is pleased with good people, but condemns those who plan evil.

In the desert I showed mercy to those people who had escaped death. When the people of Israel longed for rest,

The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary; God has been gracious to you.

He won God's favor and asked God to allow him to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

A person who works is paid wages, but they are not regarded as a gift; they are something that has been earned.

His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God's choice were based on what people do, then his grace would not be real grace.

But by God's grace I am what I am, and the grace that he gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God's grace working with me.

But God in his grace chose me even before I was born, and called me to serve him. And when he decided

May the Lord grant him his mercy on that Day! And you know very well how much he did for me in Ephesus.

For God has revealed his grace for the salvation of all people.

so that by his grace we might be put right with God and come into possession of the eternal life we hope for.

Let us have confidence, then, and approach God's throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it.

God did not spare the ancient world, but brought the flood on the world of godless people; the only ones he saved were Noah, who preached righteousness, and seven other people.