The best Bible verses for salvation (KJV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for salvation (KJV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."1 Corinthians 1:18
"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."1 Corinthians 1:18
"If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."1 Corinthians 3:15
"To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."1 Corinthians 5:5
"Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved."1 Corinthians 10:33
"By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain."1 Corinthians 15:2
"Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water."1 Peter 3:20
"And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"1 Peter 4:18
"Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost."1 Thessalonians 2:16
"Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety."1 Timothy 2:15
"For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:"2 Corinthians 2:15
"Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,"2 Timothy 1:9
"Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man."Ecclesiastes 9:15
"Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)"Ephesians 2:5
"But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul."Hebrews 10:39
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 (KJV) are 1 Corinthians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 3:15, 1 Corinthians 5:5. 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 (KJV) 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 (KJV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.