Salvation

Cross-references:

• Also found in Torrey's New Topical Textbook
• Also found in Nave's Topical Bible
• Also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Salvation

1. soteria
2. soterion

1. soterios

soteria denotes "deliverance, preservation, salvation." "Salvation" is used in the NT
(a) of material and temporal deliverance from danger and apprehension,

1. national, Luke_1:69,71; Acts_7:25, RV marg., "salvation" (text, "deliverance");
   
2. personal, as from the sea, Acts_27:34; RV, "safety" (AV, "health"); prison, Php_1:19; the flood, Heb_11:7;

(b) of the spiritual and eternal deliverance granted immediately by God to those who accept His conditions of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus, in whom alone it is to be obtained, Acts_4:12, and upon confession of Him as Lord, Rom_10:10; for this purpose the gospel is the saving instrument, Rom_1:16; Eph_1:13 (see further under SAVE);
(c) of the present experience of God's power to deliver from the bondage of sin, e.g., Php_2:12, where the special, though not the entire, reference is to the maintenance of peace and harmony; 1_Pet_1:9; this present experience on the part of believers is virtually equivalent to sanctification; for this purpose, God is able to make them wise, 2_Tim_3:15; they are not to neglect it, Heb_2:3;
(d) of the future deliverance of believers at the Parousia of Christ for His saints, a salvation which is the object of their confident hope, e.g., Rom_13:11; 1_Thess_5:8, and 1_Thess_5:9, where "salvation" is assured to them, as being deliverance from the wrath of God destined to be executed upon the ungodly at the end of this age (see 1_Thess_1:10); 2_Thess_2:13; Heb_1:14; Heb_9:28; 1_Pet_1:5; 2_Pet_3:15;
(e) of the deliverance of the nation of Israel at the second advent of Christ at the time of "the epiphany (or shining forth) of His Parousia" (2_Thess_2:8); Luke_1:71; Rev_12:10;
(f) inclusively, to sum up all the blessings bestowed by God on men in Christ through the Holy Spirit, e.g., 2_Cor_6:2; Heb_5:9; 1_Pet_1:9,10; Jude_1:3;
(g) occasionally, as standing virtually for the Savior, e.g., Luke_19:9; cp. John_4:22 (see SAVIOR);
(h) in ascriptions of praise to God, Rev_7:10, and as that which it is His prerogative to bestow, Rev_19:1 (RV).

See also : soteria in other topics

soterion the neuter of the adjective (see soterios), is used as a noun in Luke_2:30; Luke_3:6, in each of which it virtually stands for the Savior, as in A1(g); in Acts_28:28, as in A1(b); in Eph_6:17, where the hope of "salvation" [see A1(d)] is metaphorically described as "a helmet."

soterios "saving, bringing salvation," describes the grace of God, in Titus_2:11.