Salvation, rescue, blessedness – the Bible has many words for what God gives people. It means more than a ticket to heaven: a whole, healed life in fellowship with God. Here you will find 21 Bible verses about salvation and rescue.
God is my salvation
The Old Testament praises God as a rescuer.
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The LORD is my strength and my song, and he is my salvation. This is my God, I will praise him; he is the God of my father, I will exalt him.
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The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; whom shall I dread?
Psalm 27:1FearConfirmation verses
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Let my soul be still before God, who helps me. For he is my refuge, my strength, and my protection, so that no disaster will cause me to fall, however great it may be.
Psalm 62:2-3
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Behold, God is my salvation; I am secure and shall not fear, for God the LORD is my strength, my song, and my salvation.
Isaiah 12:2FearConfirmation verses
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Turn to me, and you will be blessed, to the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Isaiah 45:22Conversion
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The LORD is my power and my song, and he is my salvation.
Psalm 118:14
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I will satisfy him with a long life and show him my salvation.
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For help comes from the LORD.
Jonah 2:10b
Saved through Jesus
The New Testament connects salvation with Jesus Christ.
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And there is no other salvation, nor is there any other name under heaven by which people are to be saved.
Acts 4:12Jesus
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For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.
Luke 19:10JesusSeeking God
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For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
John 3:17Judging
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For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Romans 1:16GospelConfession
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For “everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.”
Romans 10:13Conversion
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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is a gift of God.
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They said, “Believe in the LORD Jesus Christ, and you and your household will be saved!”
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For the saving grace of God has been revealed to everyone.
Titus 2:11GraceEpiphanias
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Who wants everyone to be helped and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 2:4God's willHell
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For he says, “I have heard you in the favorable time and have helped you on the day of salvation.” Behold, now is the favorable time, now is the day of salvation!
2 Corinthians 6:2Time
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Therefore he is always able to save those who come to God through him, and he lives forever and always intercedes for them.
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For my eyes have seen your Savior.
Luke 2:30
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So, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but now all the more in my absence, strive to be saved with fear and trembling. For it is God who works in you both the will and the doing, according to his good pleasure.
Philippians 2:12-13
Bible texts: Luther Bible 1912 (public domain), carefully adapted to modern spelling.
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What does salvation mean in the Bible?
The Hebrew word jeschua – the same word is in the name Jesus – means rescue, help, salvation. In the Old Testament, it is often very concrete: God rescues from the hand of enemies, from illness, from slavery. “The LORD is my strength and my song, and he is my salvation,” Moses sings after crossing the sea (Exodus 15:2). Salvation therefore means wholeness: That which is broken is made whole again.
How is one saved?
This question is asked by the jailer in Philippi when all the doors are open after an earthquake. Paul answers: “Believe in the LORD Jesus Christ, and you and your household will be saved!” (Acts 16:31). According to the New Testament, salvation is a gift that one receives in trust: “For by grace you have been saved through faith” (Ephesians 2:8). And Peter says before the High Council: “And there is no other salvation” (Acts 4:12). You can find more on the topic at Bible verses about grace, Bible verses about the gospel, and Bible verses about the Redeemer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does “be saved” mean?
In the Luther Bible, “be saved” usually means “be rescued” – that is, to receive salvation, forgiveness, and eternal life from God (Acts 16:31; Ephesians 2:8).
What does the name Jesus mean?
Jesus is the Greek form of the Hebrew Jeschua or Jehoschua and means “God saves” or “The LORD is salvation” (cf. Matthew 1:21).
