Resource Cluster 3: Life in Christ
Every New Testament Occurrence of Saving Language
Every place the New Testament uses saving language, what it means there, and where the full explanation stands
122 occurrences examined · 91 passage studies · 91 explained in full.
This index accounts for every occurrence in the Phase One corpus: every use of σῴζω and διασῴζω in the principal Greek texts, together with every KJV use of save, saved, savest, saveth, or saving that denotes rescue, preservation, healing, deliverance, or the securing of life.
Every reference in blue links to its completed study. A dagger (†) marks an occurrence affected by a textual difference between the principal Greek editions.
Healing Rescue Historical Life in Christ Kept Final Ironic
Matthew 17 occurrences · 17 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew 1:21 | σώσει sōsei | comprehensive deliverance from sins into life under the risen King | Life in Christ |
| Matthew 8:25 | σῶσον sōson | rescue from immediate physical danger | Rescue |
| Matthew 9:21 | σωθήσομαι sōthēsomai | healing and bodily restoration | Healing |
| Matthew 9:22 | σέσωκέν sesōken | healing and bodily restoration | Healing |
| Matthew 9:22 | ἐσώθη esōthē | narrative confirmation of bodily restoration | Healing |
| Matthew 10:22 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | salvation amid persecution | Kept |
| Matthew 14:30 | σῶσόν sōson | rescue from immediate physical danger | Rescue |
| Matthew 14:36 | διεσώθησαν diesōthēsan | healing and bodily restoration | Healing |
| Matthew 16:25 | σῶσαι sōsai | failed autonomous self-salvation contrasted with finding comprehensive life through surrendered allegiance to Christ | Ironic |
| Matthew 18:11 | σῶσαι sōsai | saving recovery of a vulnerable or straying disciple | Kept |
| Matthew 19:25 | σωθῆναι sōthēnai | comprehensive salvation and entrance into the kingdom | Life in Christ |
| Matthew 24:13 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | final salvation and vindication of rooted faith that continues in allegiance to Christ | Final |
| Matthew 24:22 | ἐσώθη esōthē | preservation of physical life through catastrophe | Rescue |
| Matthew 27:40 | σῶσον sōson | ironic demand for physical self-rescue | Ironic |
| Matthew 27:42 | ἔσωσεν esōsen | summary of Jesus' prior saving works with narrative irony | Ironic |
| Matthew 27:42 | σῶσαι sōsai | ironic demand for physical self-rescue | Ironic |
| Matthew 27:49 | σώσων sōsōn | expected physical deliverance | Ironic |
Mark 14 occurrences · 14 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark 3:4 | σῶσαι sōsai | saving life through merciful restoration | Healing |
| Mark 5:23 | σωθῇ sōthē | rescue from sickness and death | Healing |
| Mark 5:28 | σωθήσομαι sōthēsomai | healing and bodily restoration | Healing |
| Mark 5:34 | σέσωκέν sesōken | healing and bodily restoration | Healing |
| Mark 6:56 | ἐσῴζοντο esōzonto | healing and bodily restoration | Healing |
| Mark 8:35 | σῶσαι sōsai | self-preservation that produces final loss | Ironic |
| Mark 8:35 | σώσει sōsei | paradoxical salvation of life through surrender | Ironic |
| Mark 10:26 | σωθῆναι sōthēnai | comprehensive salvation and entrance into the kingdom | Life in Christ |
| Mark 10:52 | σέσωκέν sesōken | healing and bodily restoration within a discipleship scene | Healing |
| Mark 13:13 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | salvation amid eschatological persecution | Kept |
| Mark 13:20 | ἐσώθη esōthē | preservation of physical life through catastrophe | Rescue |
| Mark 15:30 | σῶσον sōson | ironic demand for physical self-rescue | Ironic |
| Mark 15:31 | ἔσωσεν esōsen | summary of Jesus' prior saving works with narrative irony | Ironic |
| Mark 15:31 | σῶσαι sōsai | ironic demand for physical self-rescue | Ironic |
Luke 21 occurrences · 21 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke 1:71 | σωτηρίαν sōtērian | covenant deliverance from enemies within a prophecy moving toward remission of sins | Historical |
| Luke 6:9 | σῶσαι sōsai | saving life through merciful restoration | Healing |
| Luke 7:3 | διασώσῃ diasōsē | healing and rescue from mortal illness | Healing |
| Luke 7:50 | σέσωκέν sesōken | comprehensive personal salvation expressed as gracious forgiveness; restored fellowship; and peace | Life in Christ |
| Luke 8:12 | σωθῶσιν sōthōsin | comprehensive salvation through rooted belief | Life in Christ |
| Luke 8:36 | ἐσώθη esōthē | liberation and whole-person restoration | Healing |
| Luke 8:48 | σέσωκέν sesōken | healing and bodily restoration | Healing |
| Luke 8:50 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | rescue from sickness and death | Healing |
| Luke 9:24 | σῶσαι sōsai | self-preservation that produces final loss | Ironic |
| Luke 9:24 | σώσει sōsei | paradoxical salvation of life through surrender | Ironic |
| Luke 9:56 | σῶσαι sōsai | merciful preservation of human life | Rescue |
| Luke 13:23 | σῳζόμενοι sōzomenoi | final salvation expressed as entrance into God's kingdom | Life in Christ |
| Luke 17:19 | σέσωκέν sesōken | healing with a potentially layered declaration of salvation | Healing |
| Luke 17:33 † | σῶσαι sōsai | self-preservation that fails under divine judgment | Ironic |
| Luke 18:26 | σωθῆναι sōthēnai | comprehensive salvation and entrance into the kingdom | Life in Christ |
| Luke 18:42 | σέσωκέν sesōken | healing and bodily restoration within a discipleship scene | Healing |
| Luke 19:10 | σῶσαι sōsai | comprehensive salvation expressed as recovery of the lost | Life in Christ |
| Luke 23:35 | ἔσωσεν esōsen | summary of Jesus' prior saving works with narrative irony | Ironic |
| Luke 23:35 | σωσάτω sōsatō | ironic demand for physical self-rescue | Ironic |
| Luke 23:37 | σῶσον sōson | ironic demand for physical self-rescue | Ironic |
| Luke 23:39 | σῶσον sōson | demand for physical rescue answered by a different promise of life | Ironic |
John 6 occurrences · 6 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| John 3:17 | σωθῇ sōthē | comprehensive salvation through the sent Son and new birth by the Spirit | Life in Christ |
| John 5:34 | σωθῆτε sōthēte | comprehensive salvation expressed as coming to Christ for life | Life in Christ |
| John 10:9 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | comprehensive salvation as entrance through Christ into living communion and continuing care under the risen Shepherd | Life in Christ |
| John 11:12 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | expected physical recovery from illness | Healing |
| John 12:27 | σῶσόν sōson | contemplated physical deliverance from the cross | Ironic |
| John 12:47 | σώσω sōsō | comprehensive salvation as the purpose of Jesus' mission | Life in Christ |
Acts 18 occurrences · 18 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acts 2:21 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | comprehensive salvation through surrendered calling upon the risen Lord | Life in Christ |
| Acts 2:40 | σώθητε sōthēte | rescue from the condemned generation into forgiven and Spirit-given life under Christ | Life in Christ |
| Acts 2:47 | σῳζομένους sōzomenous | the saved being incorporated into the church | Life in Christ |
| Acts 4:9 † | σέσωται sesōtai | completed bodily healing and public restoration through Jesus' name | Healing |
| Acts 4:12 | σωθῆναι sōthēnai | comprehensive salvation found exclusively in Jesus Christ | Healing |
| Acts 11:14 | σωθήσῃ sōthēsē | comprehensive household conversion through hearing the gospel | Life in Christ |
| Acts 14:9 | σωθῆναι sōthēnai | healing and bodily restoration | Healing |
| Acts 15:1 | σωθῆναι sōthēnai | false claim that ritual law is necessary for salvation | Life in Christ |
| Acts 15:11 | σωθῆναι sōthēnai | comprehensive salvation by grace apart from ritual distinction | Life in Christ |
| Acts 16:30 | σωθῶ sōthō | comprehensive personal salvation through surrendered faith in the Lord Jesus | Life in Christ |
| Acts 16:31 | σωθήσῃ sōthēsē | comprehensive salvation extended through household-wide proclamation and reception | Life in Christ |
| Acts 23:24 | διασώσωσιν diasōsōsin | preservation through human protection | Rescue |
| Acts 27:20 | σῴζεσθαι sōzesthai | rescue from shipwreck | Rescue |
| Acts 27:31 | σωθῆναι sōthēnai | divine preservation through necessary human means | Rescue |
| Acts 27:43 | διασῶσαι diasōsai | human agency instrumentally saving another | Rescue |
| Acts 27:44 | διασωθῆναι diasōthēnai | completed rescue from shipwreck | Rescue |
| Acts 28:1 | διασωθέντες diasōthentes | completed rescue from shipwreck | Rescue |
| Acts 28:4 | διασωθέντα diasōthenta | preservation through successive physical dangers | Rescue |
Romans 9 occurrences · 9 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romans 5:9 | σωθησόμεθα sōthēsometha | future salvation from wrath secured by present justification | Final |
| Romans 5:10 | σωθησόμεθα sōthēsometha | future salvation in the resurrection life of Christ | Final |
| Romans 8:24 | ἐσώθημεν esōthēmen | salvation received within the horizon of bodily redemption | Final |
| Romans 9:27 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | remnant salvation from within unbelieving Israel | Historical |
| Romans 10:1 | σωτηρίαν sōtērian | comprehensive salvation through surrendered faith in the risen Lord | Life in Christ |
| Romans 10:9 | σωθήσῃ sōthēsē | comprehensive salvation through heart-level trust and confessed allegiance | Life in Christ |
| Romans 10:13 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | comprehensive salvation through calling upon the risen Lord | Life in Christ |
| Romans 11:14 | σώσω sōsō | instrumental human ministry leading others to salvation | Life in Christ |
| Romans 11:26 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | future corporate salvation of Israel through the Deliverer | Historical |
1 Corinthians 9 occurrences · 9 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Corinthians 1:18 | σῳζομένοις sōzomenois | the saved community under the power of the cross | Life in Christ |
| 1 Corinthians 1:21 | σῶσαι sōsai | God saving believers through the preached cross | Life in Christ |
| 1 Corinthians 3:15 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | salvation distinguished from reward and loss of work | Final |
| 1 Corinthians 5:5 | σωθῇ sōthē | final salvation sought through severe restorative discipline | Kept |
| 1 Corinthians 7:16 | σώσεις sōseis | instrumental relational influence toward another's salvation | Life in Christ |
| 1 Corinthians 7:16 | σώσεις sōseis | instrumental relational influence toward another's salvation | Life in Christ |
| 1 Corinthians 9:22 | σώσω sōsō | instrumental ministry leading others to salvation | Life in Christ |
| 1 Corinthians 10:33 | σωθῶσιν sōthōsin | instrumental conduct serving another's salvation | Life in Christ |
| 1 Corinthians 15:2 | σῴζεσθε sōzesthe | salvation through persevering adherence to the resurrection gospel | Kept |
2 Corinthians 1 occurrence · 1 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Corinthians 2:15 | σῳζομένοις sōzomenois | the saved and perishing disclosed through response to Christ | Life in Christ |
Ephesians 2 occurrences · 2 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ephesians 2:5 | σεσῳσμένοι sesōsmenoi | comprehensive salvation as being made alive together with Christ | Life in Christ |
| Ephesians 2:8 | σεσῳσμένοι sesōsmenoi | salvation by grace through faith into new creation life and vocation | Life in Christ |
1 Thessalonians 1 occurrence · 1 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Thessalonians 2:16 | σωθῶσιν sōthōsin | comprehensive salvation through hearing God's word | Life in Christ |
2 Thessalonians 1 occurrence · 1 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Thessalonians 2:10 | σωθῆναι sōthēnai | salvation through receptive love of the truth | Kept |
1 Timothy 4 occurrences · 4 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Timothy 1:15 | σῶσαι sōsai | comprehensive salvation of sinners by Christ | Life in Christ |
| 1 Timothy 2:4 | σωθῆναι sōthēnai | God's universal saving desire mediated through Christ | Life in Christ |
| 1 Timothy 2:15 | σωθήσεται sōthēsetai | save in or through childbearing within persevering faithfulness | Kept |
| 1 Timothy 4:16 | σώσεις sōseis | instrumental pastoral perseverance serving salvation | Kept |
2 Timothy 2 occurrences · 2 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Timothy 1:9 | σώσαντος sōsantos | comprehensive salvation according to grace in Christ | Life in Christ |
| 2 Timothy 4:18 | σώσει sōsei | final preservation into Christ's kingdom even through death | Final |
Titus 1 occurrence · 1 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titus 3:5 | ἔσωσεν esōsen | comprehensive salvation through Spirit-given new life | Life in Christ |
Hebrews 4 occurrences · 4 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrews 5:7 | σῴζειν sōzein | salvation out of death through resurrection | Final |
| Hebrews 7:25 | σῴζειν sōzein | comprehensive salvation to the uttermost through the living priest | Final |
| Hebrews 10:39 | περιποίησιν peripoiēsin | final preservation through persevering faith | Kept |
| Hebrews 11:7 | σωτηρίαν sōtērian | household preservation through obedient faith | Historical |
James 5 occurrences · 5 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| James 1:21 | σῶσαι sōsai | the implanted word saving the life it governs | Kept |
| James 2:14 | σῶσαι sōsai | comprehensive salvation cannot be received through dead profession but through living faith that becomes embodied allegiance | Life in Christ |
| James 4:12 | σῶσαι sōsai | divine prerogative to save or destroy | Final |
| James 5:15 | σώσει sōsei | healing and restorative salvation | Healing |
| James 5:20 | σώσει sōsei | instrumental restoration saving a wanderer from death | Kept |
1 Peter 3 occurrences · 3 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Peter 3:20 | διεσώθησαν diesōthēsan | saved through judgment within God's refuge | Historical |
| 1 Peter 3:21 | σῴζει sōzei | baptism saving as the appointed embodied answer and Gospel sign of union with risen Christ | Historical |
| 1 Peter 4:18 | σῴζεται sōzetai | salvation through severe testing rather than uncertain divine commitment | Kept |
2 Peter 1 occurrence · 1 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Peter 2:5 | ἐφύλαξεν ephulaxen | physical preservation of the righteous through judgment | Historical |
Jude 2 occurrences · 2 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jude 1:5 | σώσας sōsas | corporate historical salvation distinguished from regeneration and final preservation | Historical |
| Jude 1:23 | σῴζετε sōzete | human instrumental rescue from apostasy's path and coming judgment | Kept |
Revelation 1 occurrence · 1 explained
| Reference | Greek | Saved here means | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revelation 21:24 | σωζομένων sōzomenōn | final life of the redeemed nations in the holy city | Final |
Logged and excluded 26 occurrences
The King James Version also uses save and saving as a preposition meaning except. These are recorded here so the English-side search is fully auditable, but they are not part of the saving-language corpus.
| Reference | KJV expression | Reason excluded |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 5:32 | KJV “saving” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Matthew 11:27 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Matthew 13:57 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Matthew 17:8 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Matthew 19:11 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Mark 5:37 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Mark 6:5 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Mark 6:8 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Mark 9:8 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Luke 4:26 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Luke 4:27 | KJV “saving” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Luke 8:51 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Luke 17:18 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Luke 18:19 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| John 6:22 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| John 6:46 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| John 13:10 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Acts 20:23 | KJV “Save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Acts 21:25 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| 1 Corinthians 2:2 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| 1 Corinthians 2:11 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| 2 Corinthians 11:24 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Galatians 1:19 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Galatians 6:14 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Revelation 2:17 | KJV “saving” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
| Revelation 13:17 | KJV “save” | Means “except”; not rescue vocabulary |
How this list was built
The inventory is bidirectional: every occurrence of the Greek saving verbs traced to each English rendering, and every KJV saving expression traced back to the Greek behind it. Greek data is drawn from the Tyndale House edition and Hodges–Farstad's Majority Text, with Scrivener's Textus Receptus consulted where it explains a KJV reading. Displayed Scripture is the King James Version.
Direct verification of every occurrence against the printed Hodges–Farstad second edition is in progress and is recorded separately.