Grace and Christian life

God’s grace compensates for human weaknesses

2 Co 12:8–9; 1 Pe 5:10

See also 1 Co 2:1–5; 2 Co 9:8; Heb 2:14; Heb 4:15; Heb 5:2; Jas 4:6; 2 Pe 3:17–18

Believers are to pray for grace

Hebrews 4:16 NRSV

Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

See also Ps 25:16; Ho 14:1–2; Col 1:9; Col 4:12

Christian experience may be summed up in terms of grace

1 Corinthians 15:10 NRSV

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

See also Ac 18:27; Ro 5:2; Ga 1:15; Php 1:7

Believers should go on to experience more of God’s grace

Acts 20:32 NRSV

And now I commend you to God and to the message of his grace, a message that is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all who are sanctified.

See also Ac 13:43; Col 1:3–6; Heb 13:9; 1 Pe 5:12; 2 Pe 3:18

Believers are enabled to serve Jesus Christ by his grace

1 Peter 4:10 NRSV

Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.

See also Ac 15:39–40; Ro 5:17; Ro 12:6; Ro 15:15; 1 Co 3:10; 2 Co 12:9; Ga 2:9; Eph 3:7–9

God’s grace is seen in Christian character, especially in generosity

2 Co 8:6–7 Referring to a collection being taken up for the poor Christians in Jerusalem.

See also Ac 4:33; Ac 11:22–23; 2 Co 9:13–14; Col 4:6

An ongoing experience of God’s grace requires the believer’s co-operation

2 Corinthians 6:1 NRSV

As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.

See also Php 2:12–13; Heb 12:15; 1 Pe 5:5; Jas 4:6