Doctrine
Grace
Grace names God’s help, favor, or gift as scripture connects it to faith, weakness, and life offered through Christ. Communities emphasize justification, sanctification, or enabling strength in different combinations.
LineUponLine does not pick a “winning” doctrine. These pages summarize where to read in scripture and how some traditions describe those texts—so you can compare sources yourself. This is not Ask (scripture lookup) or Research (conversational Q&A)—only static study notes.
Scripture anchors
When a reference parses to the Church's study site, the link opens scripture there in a new tab; otherwise the label stays plain text. Short notes describe what the text is doing, not a full theological conclusion. Anchor type badges (primary, supporting, contextual) are editor markers for reading order and scope only; they do not rank inspiration, truth, or authority.
Nephi’s line on grace and the law, read alongside trust in Christ.
Weakness offered for humility; Christ’s grace named as sufficient.
Saved by grace through faith; created for good works as God’s workmanship.
All have sinned; justification as God’s gift through redemption in Christ.
Come unto Christ and be perfected in him; grace named with repentance and faith.
Grace bringing salvation; training in present life while awaiting hope.
How different traditions summarize the texts
Each block names a tradition or common reading, then describes it in neutral, third-person language. Summaries are representative, not exhaustive. Blocks are listed A–Z by tradition title for a stable order; that order is not a ranking of correctness.
Tradition / reading
Latter-day Saint teaching on grace
Latter-day Saint materials often speak of grace as tied to Christ’s Atonement—covering what humans cannot earn alone—while also naming faith, repentance, covenants, and the Spirit’s help. Ether 12, 2 Nephi 25, and Moroni 10 appear frequently beside New Testament letters in manuals and classroom discussion.
Passages often cited in this summary: 2 Nephi 25:23 (opens official scripture study in a new tab); Ether 12:27 (opens official scripture study in a new tab); Moroni 10:32–33 (opens official scripture study in a new tab); Ephesians 2:8–10 (opens official scripture study in a new tab)
Tradition / reading
Traditional Christian teaching on grace
Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox teachers routinely treat grace as God’s life-giving favor—often linked to justification, regeneration, and growth in holiness—with long debates over faith, works, and sacraments in how that vocabulary should be ordered. Commentators cite Pauline letters and the Gospels as primary narrative settings for the term.
Passages often cited in this summary: Romans 3:23–24 (opens official scripture study in a new tab); Ephesians 2:8–10 (opens official scripture study in a new tab); Titus 2:11–14 (opens official scripture study in a new tab); 2 Nephi 25:23 (opens official scripture study in a new tab)
General Conference teachings
Talks linked here were selected during doctrine review and import. Each entry opens the talk on the Church's site.
Elder Gerrit W. Gong · 2025-10
Elder Vern P. Stanfill · 2023-04
Elder Paul V. Johnson · 2022-10
Elder David A. Bednar · 2022-04
“Then Will I Make Weak Things Become Strong”
Elder Kevin S. Hamilton · 2022-04
Related topics
Cross-links for study context only—they do not imply that one topic logically proves another.
- Atonement of Jesus Christ(related study topic)
- Repentance(related study topic)
Where readers often connect ideas
Notes describe common discussion threads between topics, not mandatory implications.
None recorded yet.
Coming later: optional fields for short argument sketches and reasoning tags. There is no automated apologetics or debate logic in v1.