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# save, saved, safe #
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## Definition: ##
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The term "save" refers to keeping someone from experiencing something bad or harmful. To "be safe" means to be protected from harm or danger.
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* In a physical sense, people can be saved or rescued from harm, danger, or death.
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* 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.
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* People can save or rescue people from danger, but only God can save people from being punished eternally for their sins.
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## Translation Suggestions: ##
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* Ways to translate "save" could include, "deliver" or "keep from harm" or "take out of harm's way" or "keep from dying."
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* In the expression, "whoever would save his life," the term "save" could also be translated as "preserve" or "protect."
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* The term "safe" could be translated as "protected from danger" or "in a place where nothing can harm."
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(See also: [[../kt/cross.md]], [[../kt/deliverer.md]], [[../other/punish.md]], [[../kt/salvation.md]], [[../kt/sin.md]])
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## Bible References: ##
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* [1 Timothy 01:15-17](en/tn/1ti/help/01/15)
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* [Acts 02:20-21](en/tn/act/help/02/20)
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* [Genesis 47:25-26](en/tn/gen/help/47/25)
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* [Jeremiah 16:19-21](en/tn/jer/help/16/19)
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* [Luke 08:36-37](en/tn/luk/help/08/36)
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* [Micah 06:3-5](en/tn/mic/help/06/03)
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* [Psalm 080:1-3](en/tn/psa/help/80/01)
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* [Romans 10:8-10](en/tn/rom/help/10/08)
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## Examples from the Bible stories: ##
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* __[09:08](en/tn/obs/help/09/08)__ Moses tried to __save__ his fellow Israelite.
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* __[11:02](en/tn/obs/help/11/02)__ God provided a way to __save__ the firstborn son of anyone who believed in him.
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* __[12:05](en/tn/obs/help/12/05)__ Moses told the Israelites, "Stop being afraid! God will fight for you today and __save__ you."
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* __[12:13](en/tn/obs/help/12/13)__ The Israelites sang many songs to celebrate their new freedom and to praise God because he __saved__ them from the Egyptian army.
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* __[16:17](en/tn/obs/help/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.
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* __[44:08](en/tn/obs/help/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!"
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* __[47:11](en/tn/obs/help/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__."
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* __[49:12](en/tn/obs/help/49/12)__ Good works cannot __save__ you.
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* __[49:13](en/tn/obs/help/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. |