# save, safe #

## Definition: ##

The term "save" refers to keeping someone from experiencing something bad or harmful. To "be safe" means to be protected from harm or danger.

* In a physical sense, people can be saved or rescued from harm, danger, or death.
* In a spiritual sense, if a person has been "saved," it means that through Jesus' death on the cross, God has forgiven him and rescued him from being punished in hell for his sin.
* People can save or rescue people from danger, but only God can save people from being punished eternally for their sins.

## Translation Suggestions: ##

* Ways to translate "save" could include, "deliver" or "keep from harm" or "take out of harm's way" or "keep from dying."
* In the expression, "whoever would save his life," the term "save" could also be translated as "preserve" or "protect."
* The term "safe" could be translated as "protected from danger" or "in a place where nothing can harm."

(See also: [cross](../kt/cross.md) **·** [deliverer](../kt/deliverer.md) **·** [punish](../other/punish.md) **·** [salvation](../kt/salvation.md) **·** [sin](../kt/sin.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [1 Timothy 01:15-17](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/1ti/01/15)
* [Acts 02:20-21](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/act/02/20)
* [Genesis 47:25-26](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/gen/47/25)
* [Jeremiah 16:19-21](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jer/16/19)
* [Luke 08:36-37](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/luk/08/36)
* [Micah 06:3-5](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/mic/06/03)
* [Psalm 080:1-3](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/psa/080/001)
* [Romans 10:8-10](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/rom/10/08)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

* __[09-08](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/09-08)__ Moses tried to __save__  his fellow Israelite.
* __[11-02](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/11-02)__ God provided a way to __save__  the firstborn son of anyone who believed in him.
* __[12-05](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/12-05)__ Moses told the Israelites, "Stop being afraid! God will fight for you today and __save__  you."
* __[12-13](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/12-13)__ The Israelites sang many songs to celebrate their new freedom and to praise God because he __saved__  them from the Egyptian army.
* __[16-17](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/16-17)__ This pattern repeated many times: the Israelites would sin, God would punish them, they would repent, and God would send a deliverer to __save__  them.
* __[44-08](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/44-08)__ "You crucified Jesus, but God raised him to life again! You rejected him, but there is no other way to be __saved__  except through the power of Jesus!"
* __[47-11](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/47-11)__ The jailer trembled as he came to Paul and Silas and asked, "What must I do to be __saved__?" Paul answered, "Believe in Jesus, the Master, and you and your family will be __saved__."
* __[49-12](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/49-12)__ Good works cannot __save__  you.
* __[49-13](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/49-13)__ God will __save__  everyone who believes in Jesus and receives him as their Master. But he will not __save__  anyone who does not believe in him.