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save, saved, 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 · deliverer · punish · salvation · sin)
Bible References:
- 1 Timothy 01:15-17
- Acts 02:20-21
- Genesis 47:25-26
- Jeremiah 16:19-21
- Luke 08:36-37
- Micah 06:3-5
- Psalm 080:1-3
- Romans 10:8-10
Examples from the Bible stories:
- 09-08 Moses tried to save his fellow Israelite.
- 11-02 God provided a way to save the firstborn son of anyone who believed in him.
- 12-05 Moses told the Israelites, "Stop being afraid! God will fight for you today and save you."
- 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 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 "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 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 Good works cannot save you.
- 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.