Difference between revisions of "Savior"

<div> '''1: παρεκτός ''' (Strong'S #3924 — Adverb — soter — par-ek-tos' ) </div> <p> "a savior, deliverer, preserver," is used (a) of God, &nbsp;Luke 1:47; &nbsp;1 Timothy 1:1; &nbsp;2:3; &nbsp;4:10 (in the sense of "preserver," since He gives "to all life and breath and all things"); &nbsp; Titus 1:3; &nbsp;2:10; &nbsp;3:4; &nbsp;Jude 1:25; (b) of Christ, &nbsp;Luke 2:11; &nbsp;John 4:42; &nbsp;Acts 5:31; &nbsp;13:23 (of Israel); &nbsp; Ephesians 5:23 (the sustainer and presever of the church, His "body"); &nbsp; Philippians 3:20 (at His return to receive the Church to Himself); &nbsp; 2 Timothy 1:10 (with reference to His incarnation, "the days of His flesh"); &nbsp; Titus 1:4 (a title shared, in the context, with God the Father); 2:13, RV, "our great God and [[Savior]] Jesus Christ," the pronoun "our," at the beginning of the whole clause, includes all the titles; Titus 3:6,&nbsp; 2 Peter 1:1 , "our God and Savior Jesus Christ; RV, where the pronoun "our," coming immediately in connection with "God," involves the inclusion of both titles as refering to Christ, just as in the parallel in &nbsp;2 Peter 1:11 , "our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (AV and RV); these passages are therefore a testimony to His deity; &nbsp;2 Peter 2:20; &nbsp;3:2,18; &nbsp;1 John 4:14 . </p>

<p> Is a term applied preeminently to our Lord Jesus Christ, because, as the angel expressed it, he came to "save his people from their sins," &nbsp;Matthew 1:21 . He was therefore called JESUS, which signifies Savior, &nbsp;John 4:42 &nbsp; Acts 4:15 &nbsp; 5:31 . </p>