The best Bible verses for salvation (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for salvation (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,"Ephesians 2:8
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,"Ephesians 2:8
"For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?"Romans 8:24
"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old."Isaiah 63:9
"So he saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy."Psalms 106:10
"It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”"Isaiah 25:9
"But Israel is saved by the LORD with everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity."Isaiah 45:17
"And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”"Acts 4:12
"For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God."1 Corinthians 1:18
"If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire."1 Corinthians 3:15
"you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord."1 Corinthians 5:5
"just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved."1 Corinthians 10:33
"and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you — unless you believed in vain."1 Corinthians 15:2
"because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water."1 Peter 3:20
"And “If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”"1 Peter 4:18
"by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved — so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!"1 Thessalonians 2:16
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for salvation (ESV) are Ephesians 2:8, Romans 8:24, Isaiah 63:9. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to salvation (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for salvation (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.