Efesus 2:8

2:8 For by grace you are saved ¹  through faith, ²  and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Yohanes 5:24

5:24 “I tell you the solemn truth, ³  the one who hears ⁴  my message ⁵  and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, ⁶  but has crossed over from death to life.

Kisah Para Rasul 15:11

15:11 On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through ⁷  the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are.” ⁸ 

[2:8]  ¹ tn See note on the same expression in v. 5.

[2:8]  ² tc The feminine article is found before πίστεως (pistews, “faith”) in the Byzantine text as well as in A Ψ 1881 pc. Perhaps for some scribes the article was intended to imply creedal fidelity as a necessary condition of salvation (“you are saved through the faith”), although elsewhere in the corpus Paulinum the phrase διὰ τῆς πίστεως (dia th" pistew") is used for the act of believing rather than the content of faith (cf. Rom 3:30, 31; Gal 3:14; Eph 3:17; Col 2:12). On the other side, strong representatives of the Alexandrian and Western texts (א B D* F G P 0278 6 33 1739 al bo) lack the article. Hence, both text-critically and exegetically, the meaning of the text here is most likely “saved through faith” as opposed to “saved through the faith.” Regarding the textual problem, the lack of the article is the preferred reading.

[5:24]  ³ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:24]  ⁴ tn Or “obeys.”

[5:24]  ⁵ tn Or “word.”

[5:24]  ⁶ tn Grk “and does not come into judgment.”

[15:11]  ⁷ tn Or “by.”

[15:11]  ⁸ tn Or “Jesus, just as they are.” BDAG 1016-17 s.v. τρόπος 1 translates καθ᾿ ὃν τρόπον (kaq’ Jon tropon) here as “in the same way as.”

[15:11]  sn In the same way as they are. Here is an interesting reversal of the argument. Jews are saved by grace (without law), as Gentiles are.