Salvation

The site's summary, in our words, not the text's: to be saved is to be delivered. In the Old Testament the word is often deliverance from enemies or danger; in the New Testament it is above all being saved from sin and what sin brings, through Jesus Christ. The three sources below are given as they are, each labeled.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

SALVA'TION, noun [Latin salvo, to save.]

1. The act of saving; preservation from destruction, danger or great calamity.

2. Appropriately in theology, the redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him everlasting happiness. This is the great salvation

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation 2 Corinthians 7:10.

3. Deliverance from enemies; victory. Exodus 14:13.

4. Remission of sins, or saving graces. Luke 19:9.

5. The author of man's salvation Psalms 27:1.

6. A term of praise or benediction. Revelation 19:1.

Webster's own words, as printed in 1828, with the verses he gives for each sense.

Hebrew: יְשׁוּעָה yeshuah (yesh-oo'-aw), Strong's H3444

Strong's: something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity.

The King James renders it: deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.

Greek: σωτηρία soteria (so-tay-ree'-ah), Strong's G4991

Strong's: rescue or safety (physically or morally).

The King James renders it: deliver, health, salvation, save, saving.

Greek: σώζω sozo (sode'-zo), Strong's G4982, the verb, to save

Strong's: to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively).

The King James renders it: heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.

From James Strong's concordance (1890), as printed. In the Bible, turn on Hebrew and Greek under Learn more and tap a word to see every place it is used.

Saved from their sins

for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, Luke 1:77

The salvation of your souls

Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:9

Deliverance

stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: Exodus 14:13

The LORD is my light and my salvation Psalm 27:1

Where the text says what salvation is from, or what it is. Which verses to put here is a reading.

For the wages of sin is death Romans 6:23

but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23

Paul writes to the church at Rome.

Read it: Romans 6:23

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Romans 5:9

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life John 3:36

but the wrath of God abideth on him. John 3:36

Paul writes the first. The second is John the Baptist speaking of Jesus (John 3:27-36).

Read it: Romans 5:9, John 3:36

The angel said to Joseph

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Matthew 1:21

Said to Joseph in a dream, before Jesus was born.

Read it: Matthew 1:20-21

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

Paul writes to the church at Rome.

Read it: Romans 5:8

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him Isaiah 53:5

and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

Isaiah writes it. The Ethiopian was reading this chapter when Philip began at the same scripture and preached unto him Jesus (Acts 8:32-35). 1 Peter 2:24, next, has the same words: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Read it: Isaiah 53:5

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter 2:24

Peter writes it.

Read it: 1 Peter 2:24

For by grace are ye saved through faith Ephesians 2:8

and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2:8

Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:9

Paul writes to the church at Ephesus.

Read it: Ephesians 2:8-9

The jailer asked

And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Acts 16:30

Paul and Silas answered

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts 16:31

The jailer at Philippi, after the earthquake opened the prison.

Read it: Acts 16:30-31

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

Spoken to Nicodemus (John 3:1-21).

Read it: John 3:16

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Romans 10:9

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness Romans 10:10

and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:10

Paul writes to the church at Rome.

Read it: Romans 10:9-10

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost Titus 3:5

Paul writes to Titus.

Read it: Titus 3:5

Peter said

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12

Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, before the rulers and elders in Jerusalem (Acts 4:8).

Read it: Acts 4:12

James wrote

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. James 2:17

Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. James 2:18

Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. James 2:24

James writes this beside the verses above, and readers put the two together in more than one way. Many read James as saying that works show the faith that saves ("I will shew thee my faith by my works", 2:18). Others read faith and works as both needed. The words are the text's own; how they fit together is a reading.

Read it: James 2:14-26

Jesus said

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3

Jesus, told of the Galileans Pilate had killed (Luke 13:1).

Read it: Luke 13:1-5

Peter said

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord Acts 3:19

Peter, at Solomon's porch after the lame man was healed (Acts 3:11).

Read it: Acts 3:19

Paul said

And the times of this ignorance God winked at Acts 17:30

but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Acts 17:30

Paul, at Mars' hill in Athens (Acts 17:22).

Read it: Acts 17:30

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 2 Corinthians 7:10

Paul writes to the church at Corinth. It is the verse Webster's 1828 gives for salvation in the sense of theology.

Read it: 2 Corinthians 7:10

Jesus said

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3

Nicodemus asked

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? John 3:4

Jesus answered

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:5

That which is born of the flesh is flesh John 3:6

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:6

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. John 3:7

Jesus and Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, by night.

Read it: John 3:3-7

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 1 Peter 1:23

Peter writes it.

Read it: 1 Peter 1:23

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away 2 Corinthians 5:17

behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

Paul writes to the church at Corinth.

Read it: 2 Corinthians 5:17

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. Ezekiel 36:27

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you Ezekiel 11:19

and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: Ezekiel 11:19

Said through Ezekiel to the house of Israel (Ezekiel 36:22, 11:17).

Read it: Ezekiel 36:26-27, Ezekiel 11:19

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. Deuteronomy 10:16

And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. Deuteronomy 30:6

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. Jeremiah 4:4

Moses says the first two to Israel; the second says the LORD will do it. Jeremiah says the third to Judah and Jerusalem.

Read it: Deuteronomy 10:16, Deuteronomy 30:6, Jeremiah 4:4

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly Romans 2:28

neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: Romans 2:28

But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly Romans 2:29

and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter Romans 2:29

whose praise is not of men, but of God. Romans 2:29

In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Colossians 2:11

Paul writes the first to the church at Rome and the second to the church at Colossae.

Read it: Romans 2:28-29, Colossians 2:11

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel Jeremiah 31:33

After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts Jeremiah 31:33

and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31:33

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord Hebrews 8:10

I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: Hebrews 8:10

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them Hebrews 10:16

Said through Jeremiah of the house of Israel; Hebrews quotes it twice, of the new covenant (Hebrews 8:8, 8:13).

Read it: Jeremiah 31:33, Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 10:16

And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. Jeremiah 24:7

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: Jeremiah 32:39

Said through Jeremiah, the first of the captives carried to Babylon (24:5), the second of those the LORD will gather again (32:37).

Read it: Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 32:39

Create in me a clean heart, O God Psalm 51:10

and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

David's prayer, after Nathan came to him (the psalm's title).

Read it: Psalm 51:10

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace Ephesians 1:7

Paul writes to the church at Ephesus.

Read it: Ephesians 1:7

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers 1 Peter 1:18

But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 1 Peter 1:19

Peter writes it.

Read it: 1 Peter 1:18-19

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood Hebrews 9:22

and without shedding of blood is no remission. Hebrews 9:22

Read it: Hebrews 9:22

They sung a new song

And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation Revelation 5:9

Sung to the Lamb, in John's vision of heaven.

Read it: Revelation 5:9

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Romans 3:24

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: Romans 5:1

Paul writes to the church at Rome.

Read it: Romans 3:24, Romans 5:1

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Galatians 2:16

Paul writes to the churches of Galatia.

Read it: Galatians 2:16

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: John 1:12

Read it: John 1:12

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear Romans 8:15

but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Romans 8:15

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: Romans 8:16

Paul writes to the church at Rome.

Read it: Romans 8:15-16

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, Galatians 4:4

To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Galatians 4:5

Paul writes to the churches of Galatia.

Read it: Galatians 4:4-5

The thief said

And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. Luke 23:42

Jesus answered

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Luke 23:43

One of the two malefactors crucified with Jesus; the other railed on him (Luke 23:39).

Read it: Luke 23:39-43

Jesus said

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. Luke 19:9

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19:10

Said in Zacchaeus' house at Jericho, after he said he would give half his goods to the poor and restore fourfold (Luke 19:8).

Read it: Luke 19:1-10

Peter said

To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. Acts 10:43

While Peter spoke

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. Acts 10:44

Peter, telling it afterward, gave the angel's words

Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved. Acts 11:14

A centurion at Caesarea, the first Gentile household the text shows receiving the word; they were baptized after the Holy Ghost fell on them (Acts 10:47-48).

Read it: Acts 10, Acts 11:13-18

The jailer asked

And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? Acts 16:30

Paul and Silas answered

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts 16:31

That night

And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes Acts 16:33

and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. Acts 16:33

And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. Acts 16:34

Read it: Acts 16:25-34

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 1 John 5:11

He that hath the Son hath life 1 John 5:12

and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 1 John 5:12

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God 1 John 5:13

that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 1 John 5:13

John writes it.

Read it: 1 John 5:11-13

Jesus said

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation John 5:24

but is passed from death unto life. John 5:24

Read it: John 5:24

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13

Peter said

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21

Paul writes the first; Peter says the second at Pentecost, from Joel (Acts 2:16).

Read it: Romans 10:13, Acts 2:21

Jesus said

And I give unto them eternal life John 10:28

and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. John 10:28

My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all John 10:29

and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. John 10:29

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me John 6:37

and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. John 6:37

And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. John 6:39

Paul wrote

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Romans 8:38

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Ephesians 1:13

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:14

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Philippians 1:6

For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 2 Timothy 1:12

Peter wrote

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:5

Hebrews says

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25

Jude wrote

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Jude 1:24

How this side reads it: the one who is saved is kept by God, sealed by the Spirit, and no one can pluck him out of the Father's hand. This side reads the warning verses (next) as said of people who were never truly saved, or as warnings God uses to keep his own.

Read it: John 10:27-29, John 6:37-39, Romans 8:38-39, Ephesians 1:13-14, Ephesians 4:30, Philippians 1:6, 1 Peter 1:5, Jude 1:24, Hebrews 7:25, 2 Timothy 1:12

Hebrews says

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, Hebrews 6:4

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, Hebrews 6:5

If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance Hebrews 6:6

seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. Hebrews 6:6

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, Hebrews 10:26

But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. Hebrews 10:27

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. Hebrews 3:12

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end Hebrews 3:14

Peter wrote

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 2 Peter 2:20

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 2 Peter 2:21

Paul wrote

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law Galatians 5:4

ye are fallen from grace. Galatians 5:4

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:2

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven Colossians 1:23

whereof I Paul am made a minister Colossians 1:23

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils 1 Timothy 4:1

Jesus said

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered John 15:6

and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. John 15:6

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Matthew 24:13

He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment Revelation 3:5

and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. Revelation 3:5

How this side reads it: the warnings are said to believers, so a believer can depart from the faith and be lost; being saved at the end goes with continuing in the faith. This side reads the keeping verses (above) as true for those who keep believing, not for one who turns away.

Read it: Hebrews 6:4-6, Hebrews 10:26-27, Hebrews 3:12-14, 2 Peter 2:20-22, Galatians 5:4, John 15:6, 1 Corinthians 15:1-2, Colossians 1:22-23, Matthew 24:13, Revelation 3:5, 1 Timothy 4:1

Jesus said

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved Mark 16:16

but he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:5

Peter said

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38

Ananias said to Saul

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Acts 22:16

Peter wrote

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 1 Peter 3:21

Paul wrote

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Galatians 3:27

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Romans 6:3

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4

How this side reads it: the text joins believing and being baptized ("He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved"), and says baptism doth also now save us, so baptism is part of how a person is saved. This side reads the thief on the cross as before the new covenant began at Jesus' death.

Read it: Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, 1 Peter 3:21, John 3:5, Galatians 3:27, Romans 6:3-4

Paul wrote

For by grace are ye saved through faith Ephesians 2:8

and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Ephesians 2:8

Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:9

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Romans 4:5

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 1 Corinthians 1:17

Jesus said

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. John 6:47

Jesus said to the thief

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Luke 23:43

Peter said

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? Acts 10:47

Paul and Silas said

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts 16:31

How this side reads it: a person is saved by believing, as the thief on the cross was with no baptism, and Cornelius' house received the Holy Ghost before they were baptized; baptism follows as obedience and a figure (1 Peter 3:21 says "the like figure"). This side reads Mark 16:16 as damning only the one who believeth not.

Read it: Ephesians 2:8-9, Luke 23:42-43, Acts 10:44-47, 1 Corinthians 1:17, John 6:47, Romans 4:5, Acts 16:31

Paul wrote

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:4

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Titus 2:11

Peter wrote

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness 2 Peter 3:9

but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

John wrote

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:2

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Revelation 22:17

The LORD said through Ezekiel

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked Ezekiel 33:11

but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways Ezekiel 33:11

for why will ye die, O house of Israel? Ezekiel 33:11

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

How this side reads it: God will have all men to be saved and is not willing that any should perish, so the offer is to whosoever will, and each one answers it. This side reads the choosing verses (next) as God choosing those he foreknew would believe (Romans 8:29), or as choosing for a work (John 15:16).

Read it: 1 Timothy 2:4, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 John 2:2, Titus 2:11, Revelation 22:17, Ezekiel 33:11, John 3:16, Romans 10:13

Paul wrote

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Romans 8:29

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Romans 8:30

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Ephesians 1:4

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Ephesians 1:5

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Romans 9:15

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. Romans 9:16

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 2 Thessalonians 2:13

Jesus said

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:44

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16

Luke wrote

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48

How this side reads it: God chose his own before the foundation of the world, and no man can come unless the Father draw him, so salvation rests on God's choosing, not on man's willing. This side reads the "all" verses (above) as all kinds of men, or as God's desire, not his choosing. Many hold both sets of verses together without settling how they fit (Philippians 2:12-13).

Read it: Romans 8:29-30, Ephesians 1:4-5, John 6:44, Romans 9:15-16, Acts 13:48, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, John 15:16