– Jesus, the Christ of God, became incarnate, was born of the Most Holy Mary to save us:
Mt 1:21 : She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.
Mt 2,4-6 : He summoned the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.
Lc 2,11 : Today in the City of David a Savior has been born to you, who is Christ the Lord.
Acts 5:31 : God raised him up by his right hand as Prince and Saviour, in order to bring repentance to Israel.
Phil 3 : It is from there that we eagerly await the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Tit 2:13 : Looking forward to our happy hope, the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Tit 3 :6 : Which was given to us in abundance through Christ our Saviour.
2Pt 1:11 : In this way, entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be opened wide for you.
2Pt 2:20 : They renounced the corruptions of the world through the knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
– Came to save the scattered sheep of Israel:
Mt 4,23 : Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom.
Mt 7,13-14 : Enter through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction.
Mt 9,35-36 : Seeing the crowd, he was moved with compassion, because they were weakened and slaughtered like sheep without a shepherd.
Mt 22:16 : Master, we know that you are true and that you teach the way of God in all truth.
Mk 1:14 : After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee. He preached the Gospel of God.
Mk 6:34 : Jesus saw a large crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd.
Jo 10,3-28 : To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls the sheep by name and leads them to pasture.
Jo 14,4.6 : And you know the way to go where I go.
Jn 17:12 : I have kept those you gave me, and not one of them has been lost, except the son of perdition.
Jn 18 :9: Thus was fulfilled the word that he said: “Of those whom you gave me, I did not lose one”.
– By the will of the Father, in him we are all saved:
Lk 15,6-7.9-10.24.32 : Rejoice with me, I have found my lost sheep.
Lk 19:10 : For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
Jn 3,17-18 : For God did not send the Son into the world to condemn him, but so that the world might be saved through him.
Jn 12:47 : I will not condemn him, because I did not come to condemn the world, but to save the world.
Acts 4:10-11 : Because of him, this man is healthy, standing before you.
Acts 5:31 : God raised him up by his right hand as Prince and Saviour, in order to bring repentance to Israel.
Acts 13:23 : From his offspring, according to the promise, God sent out to Israel the Savior Jesus.
Rom 3:24 : And they are justified freely by his grace; such is the work of redemption, wrought in Jesus Christ.
Eph 5:23 : For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the Church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
1Tm 1,15 : This is an absolutely certain truth and worthy of faith: Jesus Christ came into this world.
1Tm 2,5-6 : For there is only one God and there is only one mediator between God and men: Jesus Christ.
Titus 2:14 : He gave himself up for us, to redeem us from all iniquity, to purify us, and to make us his people.
Titus 3:5-6 : But by virtue of his mercy alone he saved us through the baptism of regeneration.
Heb 5:9 : And having come to his end, he became the author of eternal salvation for all who obey him.
1Pt 2,4-5 : Draw close to him, a living stone rejected by men, but chosen and precious in the eyes of God.
1Jn 2:2 : He is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
1Jn 4:10 : This is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son.
– His salvation is universal and free:
Jn 3,17-18 : God did not send the Son into the world to condemn it, but so that the world might be saved through him.
Jn 4:42 : But we ourselves have heard and know that this is truly the Savior of the world.
Acts 2:40 : With many other words he exhorted them, saying: “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”
Acts 13:26 , 47 : Brethren, children of Abraham, and those among you who fear God: it is to us that the message of salvation was addressed.
Acts 28:28 : Know therefore that this salvation of God is now sent to the Gentiles; and they will hear you.
Rom 1:16 : I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is power from God for the salvation of everyone who believes.
Rom 3:22-23 : This is the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all believers.
Rom 5:6-7 : Indeed, when we were still weak, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.
Rom 9,24-25.30 : These are we, whom he called not only from among the Jews, but also from among the pagans.
Rm 10,20 : I was found by those who did not seek me; I manifested myself to those who did not ask for me.
Rom 11:32 : God closed all these men in disobedience in order to use mercy on all.
1Cor 2,2 : I thought I should know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ crucified.
1Cor 4,14 : I am not writing you these things to shame you, but I admonish you as my beloved children.
Gal 3,5.22 : He who gives you the Spirit and works miracles among you, does he do it by keeping the Law?
Eph 2,5-6 : When we were dead […] he made us alive together with Christ – it is by grace that you were saved!
Eph 3,6-7 : The Gentiles are […] partakers of the promise in Jesus Christ through the Gospel.
Col 2,9-10 : For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
1Tm 2,4.10 : Who wants all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
– Already in the AT, Yahweh was protector and savior of his chosen people:
Ps 19,7 : I already know that the Lord has reserved […] and heard him from the top of his sanctuary by the power of his winning arm.
Psalm 67:21 : Our God is a God who saves, the Lord God delivers us from death.
Ps 68:36 : God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah.
Ps 90,14-15 : Planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God they shall flourish.
Is 45:15 : Truly a God hides in your house, the God of Israel, a God who saves!
Is 62,11 : Say to Zion: behold, here comes your savior; behold with him the price of his victory.
Dan 13:60 : The assembly began to cry out loudly and bless God for saving those who put their hope in him.
– In several passages of the sacred books, this doctrine is remembered:
Gen 19,12-22 : Those men took his wife by the hand […], because the Lord wanted to save them.
Gn 45,5 : It is to preserve your life that God sent me ahead of you.
Ex 14,13 : Do not be afraid! Be of courage, and you will see the liberation that the Lord will work in your favor today.
Judg 2,16,18 : The Lord raised up judges for them who delivered them from the hand of the oppressors.
Judges 6:14 : Then the Lord, turning to him: “Go”, he said, “with the strength that you have and save Israel from the Midianites”.
Judges 13:5 : This child will be a Nazarene of God from his mother’s womb. It will be he who will deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
1Sm 7,8 : Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.
1Sm 11:13 : But Saul replied: “Today no one will be killed, because it is the day on which the Lord delivered Israel”.
2 Sam 3:18 : Through David my servant I will deliver my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and all their enemies.
2Kings 19:34 : I will protect this city to save it, for my sake and that of David my servant.
2 Kings 20:6 : Moreover, I will save you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will protect this city.
Ps 105,8.10.21 : He delivered them from the hand of him who hated them, and saved them from the enemy’s power.
Is 63,8-9 : And he became their savior in all their afflictions.
Wis 10 :4.6 : And the earth being submerged because of him by the flood, wisdom again saved him.
– In the prophets:
Is 33:22 : For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver; the Lord is our king who will save us.
Is 35,4 : He comes to execute vengeance. Behold, God’s retribution comes: he himself comes to save you.
Is 43 :3 : For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your savior.
Is 45,15.21-22 : Truly a God hides in your house, the God of Israel, a God who saves!
Isaiah 60:16 : You will suck the milk of nations, and suck at the breast of kings: you will know that I, the Lord, am your savior.
Jr 16,15-16 : Long live God, who brought back the Israelites […] from all countries!
Jr 23,7-8 : Long live God, who brought the children of Israel out of Egypt.
Jr 31,9 : I will lead you in the midst of your prayers; I will lead you […] in paths where they will not stumble.
Br 4,22 : By the mercy that will soon be granted to you by the Eternal, your Savior.
Ez 34,22 : I will come to the aid of my sheep to save them from being plundered.
Ez 36,29 : I will cleanse you from all your filthiness.
Mic 7:7 : I, however, turn my eyes to the Lord, I put my hope in the God of my salvation.
Sf 3,17 : The Lord, your God, is in your midst as a hero Savior!
– And in the prayers:
Jt 9,11 : Raise your arm as in ancient times and break his power with your strength.
Ps 21:6 : To you they cried and were saved; they trusted in you and were not put to shame.
Ps 26 :1 : The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?
Psalm 34 :3 : Brandish your spear and sustain my pursuers. Say to my soul: “I am your salvation”.
Psalm 50:16 : God, O God, my Savior, deliver me from the pain of this shed blood.
Ps 61,7 : He alone is my rock and my salvation; my fortress: I will never waver.
Psalm 78 :9 : Help us, O saving God, for the glory of your name.
Ps 105 :47 : Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations.
Ps 106,13.19.28 : In their distress they cried to the Lord, and he delivered them from their tribulations.
Ps 114,6 : The Lord takes care of simple hearts; he found me in misery and he saved me.
Ps 117 :25 : Lord, grant us salvation; give us prosperity, O Lord!
Eclo 51,1.11 : I will glorify you, O Lord and King, I will praise you, O God, my savior.
Jr 15,20 : It will be attacked, but they will not be able to defeat it, because I will be by your side to protect you and deliver you.
Jr 17,14 : Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for you are my glory.
Dn 3,28 : In all […] what you inflicted on us and in all that you inflicted on the holy city.
Dan 6:28 : He saves and delivers, works miracles and wonders in heaven and on earth.
Dan 13:60 : The assembly began to cry out loudly and bless God for saving those who put their hope in him.
– See EXODUS.
