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What does the Bible say about salvation?
Salvation is God’s rescue: from Egypt, from sin and death, and into a people who belong to him.
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Old Testament rescue
The foundational picture is the exodus: God hears, comes down, and brings Israel out (Exodus 3:7–8; 14–15). The Psalms and prophets keep using “save” for military, personal, and eschatological rescue. Isaiah promises a suffering servant by whose wounds there is healing (Isaiah 53).
Matthew Henry’s Commentary · Matthew Henry
Henry on Exodus 14 treats the sea crossing as a pattern of salvation: God makes a way where there is none, and Israel’s part is to stand still and see.
Gospel and letters
The New Testament announces salvation in Jesus’ name (Acts 4:12). Paul summarizes: by grace you have been saved through faith, not of works (Ephesians 2:8–9), and that this is union with the crucified and risen Christ (Romans 3:21–26; 6:1–11). Hebrews and 1 Peter speak of a salvation ready to be revealed, already tasted and not yet complete.
Contested questions (order of faith and regeneration, perseverance) should be named as contested. Ask Bible can retrieve the passages rather than flatten them.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary · JFB
JFB on Ephesians 2 distinguish grace as the source, faith as the instrument, and good works as the fruit that follows, not the price.