This is some of the reason people don’t see grace in the bible as often as they oughta. They don’t realize grace and favor are synonyms.
When God grants people favor—when he picks favorites, be they individuals or entire nations—he’s showing ’em grace. They don’t merit his favor; they don’t earn it. You don’t earn it. That’s the usual complaint about favor: It’s not fair. “Why do you keep playing favorites?” Because they’re favorites. It’s not deserved; it’s inherently unfair. Just like grace—which is kinda what makes it awesome.
But I realize a lot of people use the term incorrectly. Such as when they insist, “You owe me a favor”—supposedly they’ve racked up enough karma points, and are hoping to draw from them.
Or “Noah found favor in the eyes of the L
Noah, as the
GRACE, GRACIOUS | FAVOUR | OTHER | |
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HEBREW: KHEN (69×) |
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GREEK: HÁRIS (156×) |
Other translations have just as much a tendency to render these words as either grace or favor, depending on translator’s preference. Obviously the