What does the Bible say about salvation?

Key Bible verses about salvation

1. John 3:16

   For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

2. Acts 4:12

   There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

3. John 14:6

   Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

4. Romans 5:8

   But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

5. Romans 6:23

   For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

6. Romans 10:9-10

   that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes resulting in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made resulting in salvation.

7. Ephesians 2:8-9

   for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast.

8. 2 Corinthians 5:21

   For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

9. Titus 3:4-7

   But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior; that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

10. Acts 16:30-31

    brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

11. 1 Timothy 1:15

    The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

12. John 1:12-13

    But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Scripture: World English Bible (public domain). Short quotations in the introduction are from the ESV. Read each passage in its chapter for the full context.