Bible Verses About Savior: 12

"Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord."

— Luke 2:11 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about the Savior want Scripture on the sōtēr title and office — God our Savior / Christ the Savior — not only the salvation gift inventory alone, the Jesus personal-name list alone, or the redeemer reclaim inventory alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about salvation, Bible verses about Jesus, Bible verses about redeemer, Bible verses about grace, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about Messiah, Bible verses about God's love, and Bible verse of the day. Savior here means the sōtēr title — who saves — distinct from salvation-as-gift lists and from Jesus-as-name alone. The Savior of the World list is on Bible verses about Savior of the World. The Holy Child list is on Bible verses about Holy Child.

Word study (lead theme). In Greek, "Savior" is σωτήρ sōtēr (Strong's G4990; Bible Hub G4990) — savior, deliverer, preserver. Luke announces a Savior born; the Pastoral Epistles and Jude name God our Savior and Christ Jesus our Savior; Isaiah insists there is no savior besides the Lord.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 2 presses the birth announcement — a Savior, Christ the Lord (Bible Hub MHC Luke 2; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Luke 2). (Salvation gift and Jesus personal-name lists live on those pages; this list centers the Savior title.)

12 Bible verses about the Savior

1. Luke 2:11. "Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord." A Savior born — Messiah and Lord. See Bible verses about Messiah.

2. Titus 2:13. "while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ," Great God and Savior — blessed hope's appearing. See Bible verses about hope.

3. 1 Timothy 1:1. "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope," God our Savior — Christ Jesus our hope. See Bible verses about hope.

4. 1 Timothy 2:3. "This is good, and pleases God our Savior," God our Savior — pleased by prayer for all. See Bible verses about prayer.

5. 1 Timothy 4:10. "That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe." Savior of all people — hope in the living God. See Bible verses about faith.

6. 2 Timothy 1:10. "but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel." Appearing of our Savior — death destroyed. See Bible verses about resurrection.

7. Titus 1:3-4. "and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior, To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior." God our Savior / Christ Jesus our Savior — paired titles. See Bible verses about grace.

8. Jude 1:25. "to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." The only God our Savior — glory forever. See Bible verses about worship.

9. Isaiah 43:11. "I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior." Apart from the Lord — no savior. See Bible verses about salvation.

10. Isaiah 45:21. "Declare what is to be, present it— let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me." A righteous God and a Savior — none but him. See Bible verses about faith.

11. Hosea 13:4. "But I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me." No Savior except me — exclusive claim. See Bible verses about obedience.

12. Philippians 3:20. "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ," We eagerly await a Savior — from heaven. See Bible verses about heaven.

Questions people ask

What does Savior mean in the Bible? Sōtēr names the one who saves — God our Savior and Christ Jesus our Savior. Luke 2:11 announces a Savior born; the letters lean on that title for hope and glory.

Is Savior the same as salvation? Related but not identical. Salvation is the gift / rescue; Savior is the person who saves. See both pages.

How is Savior different from Jesus? Jesus is the personal name; Savior is an office/title (sōtēr). Cross-link the Jesus page; keep the title inventory here.

How is Savior different from Redeemer? Redeemer stresses reclaim / purchase language; Savior stresses the one who saves. Link redeemer and salvation; do not merge the lists.

Sources

• NIV Scripture quotations.
• Strong's G4990 sōtēr; Blue Letter Bible and Bible Hub lexicon entries (curl-verified).
• Matthew Henry Concise on Luke 2 (Bible Hub MHC + Blue Letter Bible Comm).