“God, therefore, is one and the same, who rolls up the heaven as a book, and renews the face of the earth; who made the things of time for man, so that coming to maturity in them, he may produce the fruit of immortality; and who, through His kindness, also bestows [upon him] eternal things, "that in the ages to come He…”
Irenaeus, 3th c. — Irenaeus Against Heresies Book 4
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7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
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5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
— Ephesians 2:7 —
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: