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But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

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Eph. 2:7• ⁷that he might display in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:7)

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Eph. 1:7• ⁷in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace; (Eph. 1:7)

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Eph. 3:8• ⁸To me, less than the least of all saints, has this grace been given, to announce among the nations the glad tidings of the unsearchable riches of the Christ, (Eph. 3:8)

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Ex. 33:19• ¹⁹And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thy face, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. (Ex. 33:19)

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Ex. 34:6‑7• ⁶And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
⁷keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:6‑7)

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Neh. 9:17• ¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not. (Neh. 9:17)

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Psa. 51:1• ¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. (Psa. 51:1)

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Psa. 86:5,15• ⁵For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.
¹⁵But thou, Lord, art a *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth. (Psa. 86:5,15)

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Psa. 103:8‑11• ⁸Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.
⁹He will not always chide, neither will he keep his anger for ever.
¹⁰He hath not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
¹¹For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him. (Psa. 103:8‑11)

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Psa. 145:8• ⁸Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness. (Psa. 145:8)

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Isa. 55:6‑8• ⁶Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
⁸For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 55:6‑8)

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Dan. 9:9• ⁹With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him; (Dan. 9:9)

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Jonah 4:2• ²And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious *God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (Jonah 4:2)

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Mic. 7:18‑20• ¹⁸Who is a *God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.
¹⁹He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
²⁰Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old. (Mic. 7:18‑20)

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Luke 1:78• ⁷⁸on account of the bowels of mercy of our God; wherein the dayspring from on high has visited us, (Luke 1:78)

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Rom. 2:4• ⁴or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)

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Rom. 5:20‑21• ²⁰But law came in, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded grace has overabounded,
²¹in order that, even as sin has reigned in the power of death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:20‑21)

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Rom. 9:23• ²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory, (Rom. 9:23)

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Rom. 10:12• ¹²For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich towards all that call upon him. (Rom. 10:12)

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1 Tim. 1:14• ¹⁴But the grace of our Lord surpassingly over-abounded with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. (1 Tim. 1:14)

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1 Peter 1:3• ³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his great mercy, has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead, (1 Peter 1:3)

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Deut. 7:7‑8• ⁷Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;
⁸but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deut. 7:7‑8)

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Deut. 9:5‑6• ⁵Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou enter in to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations doth Jehovah thy God dispossess them from before thee, and that he may perform the word which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
⁶Know therefore that Jehovah thy God doth not give thee this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff-necked people. (Deut. 9:5‑6)

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Jer. 31:3• ³Jehovah hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. (Jer. 31:3)

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Ezek. 16:6‑8• ⁶And I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, and I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live! yea, I said unto thee, in thy blood, Live!
⁷I caused thee to multiply, as the bud of the field; and thou didst increase and grow great, and thou camest to fulness of beauty; thy breasts were fashioned, and thy hair grew: but thou wast naked and bare.
⁸And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness; and I swore unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine. (Ezek. 16:6‑8)

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John 3:14‑17• ¹⁴And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up,
¹⁵that every one who believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
¹⁷For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him. (John 3:14‑17)

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Rom. 5:8• ⁸but God commends *his* love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us. (Rom. 5:8)

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Rom. 9:15‑16• ¹⁵For he says to Moses, I will shew mercy to whom I will shew mercy, and I will feel compassion for whom I will feel compassion.
¹⁶So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shews mercy. (Rom. 9:15‑16)

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2 Thess. 2:13• ¹³But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: (2 Thess. 2:13)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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Titus 3:4‑7• ⁴But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
⁵not on the principle of works which have been done in righteousness which *we* had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
⁶which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
⁷that, having been justified by *his* grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:4‑7)

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1 John 4:10‑19• ¹⁰Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
¹¹Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
¹²No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
¹³Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.
¹⁴And *we* have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son as Saviour of the world.
¹⁵Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
¹⁶And *we* have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
¹⁷Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as *he* is, *we* also are in this world.
¹⁸There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.
¹⁹*We* love because *he* has first loved us. (1 John 4:10‑19)

• “We,” whether Jews or Gentiles, but more particularly referring to the Jew here. At least he had contrasted the two in verses 2-3. In verse 5 he may possibly be bringing them both in; but if any are particularly alluded to, it is the Jew, for he is as dead as the Gentile—there is no difference as to this. (“Remarks on Ephesians 2:4-10” by W. Kelly)

• There was no good working in us: we were dead in our trespasses and sins. The movement came from Him. (“Ephesians 2” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love wherewith he loved us,

W. Kelly Translation

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but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love wherewith he loved us,