Bible Verses About "What Is Common Grace in the Bible"
Common grace is God's general kindness to all people — believer and unbeliever alike — including sunshine, rain, conscience, and restraint of evil, which does not save but demonstrates God's goodness.
Common grace is God's general kindness to all people — believer and unbeliever alike — including sunshine, rain, conscience, and restraint of evil, which does not save but demonstrates God's goodness.
"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." — Matthew 5:45 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "What Is Common Grace in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."
"Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave you rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness."
"For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another."
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