⁴ But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,

¹⁰ not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

²⁶ or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

⁴ But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

⁵ even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

⁶ and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

⁷ that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

⁸ for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

⁹ not of works, that no one would boast.

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

³ but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

¹⁰ but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.

¹⁰ For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and Christ Jesus our hope;

²⁰ The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly;

²¹ that as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁴ Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?