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Eph. 2:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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 show forth in the coming ages the surpassing riches of his grace in kindness toward 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 who am less than the least of all saints was this grace given to preach to the nations 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 show mercy on whom I will show 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 unto him after he went unto Bathsheba.{HR}Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy mercy:{HR}According to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgressions. (Psa. 51:1)

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Psa. 86:5,15• ⁵For thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving,{HR}And great in mercy to all that call on thee.
¹⁵And thou, Lord, [art] a God (El) merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow of rage and great in mercy and truth. (Psa. 86:5,15)

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Psa. 103:8‑11• ⁸Jehovah [is] merciful and gracious,{HR}Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
⁹Not always will he chide, nor retain [anger] forever.
¹⁰He hath not dealt with us according to our sins,{HR}Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
¹¹For, as height of heavens [is] above the earth,{HR}His lovingkindness is mighty over those that fear them. (Psa. 103:8‑11)

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Psa. 145:8• ⁸Gracious and merciful (is) Jehovah,{HR}Slow to anger and of great mercy. (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 to Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great 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 forever, 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; whereby [the] day-spring 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 leadeth thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)

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Rom. 5:20‑21• ²⁰But law came in by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded
²¹that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by 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 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 toward all that call upon him. (Rom. 10:12)

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1 Tim. 1:14• ¹⁴and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love that 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, that according to his abundant mercy begot us again unto a living hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection out of [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 of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness 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 fullness 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 even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up;
¹⁵that every one that believeth on him should [not perish, but] have life eternal.
¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him should not perish but have life eternal.
¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world that he should judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:14‑17)

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Rom. 5:8• ⁸but God commendeth his own love towards us, because, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom. 5:8)

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Rom. 9:15‑16• ¹⁵For to Moses he saith, “I will have mercy on whomsoever I have mercy and will pity whomsoever I pity.”
¹⁶So then [it is] not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God that hath mercy. (Rom. 9:15‑16)

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2 Thess. 2:13• ¹³But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of [the] Lord, that God chose you from [the] beginning unto salvation in sanctification of [the] Spirit and belief of [the] truth; (2 Thess. 2:13)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹who saved us, and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times everlasting, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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Titus 3:4‑7• ⁴But when the kindness and the love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
⁵not by works in righteousness which we ourselves did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
⁶which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
⁷that, having been justified by his grace, we should become heirs according to 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 [as] propitiation for our sins.
¹¹Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
¹²No one hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love hath been perfected in us.
¹³Herein we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given to us of his Spirit.
¹⁴And we have beheld, and testify that the Father hath sent his Son as Saviour of the world.
¹⁵Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
¹⁶And we have known and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love, and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God in him.
¹⁷Herein hath love been perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because even as he is, we also are in this world.
¹⁸There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth hath not been perfected in love.
¹⁹We love, because he 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,