Eph 2:8, Jam 1:16-19, 1Pe 2:1-2 | ESV | STEP | 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

8 For ^aby grace you have been saved ^bthrough faith. And this is ^cnot your own doing; ^dit is the gift of God,

James 1:16-19

16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 ^eEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from ^fthe Father of lights, ^gwith whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning} 18 ⁱOf his own will he ^jbrought us forth by the word of truth, ^kthat we should be a kind of ^lfirstfruits of his creatures.

Hearing and Doing the Word

19 ^mKnow this, my beloved brothers: let every person ⁿbe quick to hear, ^oslow to speak, ^pslow to anger;

1 Peter 2:1-2

A Living Stone and a Holy People

1 ^qSo put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 ^rLike newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual ^smilk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—