The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
The LORD is good to all,
and his mercy is over all that he has made.
ESV Bible Promises is a carefully curated collection of 700 of God’s beloved promises, organized into centralized themes to help believers meditate on the assurance of God’s unfailing promises.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people.
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus.
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.
Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the LORD is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.
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But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
Put false ways far from me
and graciously teach me your law!
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
This article is adapted from ESV Bible Promises: 700 Passages to Strengthen Your Faith.
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