by the Grace of God

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin Deī grātiā. Doublet of Dei gratia.

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

by the Grace of God

1. (idiomatic, religion, Christianity) By divine will and benevolence.

Usage notes

• A paraphrase from St. Paul in the Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:8–10, which states, "Last of all, as to one born abnormally, he appeared to me. For I am the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am...".
• A formulaic phrase acknowledging fealty to God. It has been used especially by authority in historically Christian cultures to signify power granted by divine will.

Related terms

• but for the grace of God
• by the Grace of Allah
• there but for the grace of God go I

 

Translations

By divine right

• Afrikaans: by die Grasie Gods
• Azerbaijani: Allahın lütfilə
• Bulgarian: по Божия милост (po Božija milost)
• Catalan: per la gràcia de Déu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙上帝恩典 (méng shàngdì ēndiǎn)

• Czech: z milosti Boží
• Danish: af Guds nåde
• Dutch: bij de Gratie Gods
• Faroese: av Guðs náði
• Finnish: Jumalan armosta
• French: par la grâce de Dieu (fr)
• Galician: pola graza de Deus
• German: von Gottes Gnaden
• Greek: ελέω Θεού (eléo Theoú)

  Ancient Greek: Ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ (Eléōi Theoû), χάριτι θεοῦ (kháriti theoû)

• Hindi: भगवान की कृपा से (bhagvān kī kŕpā se)
• Hungarian: Isten kegyelméből
• Icelandic: af Guðs náð
• Italian: per la Grazia di Dio
• Latin: Deī grātiā
• Latvian: no Dieva žēlastības
• Lithuanian: dievo malone
• Macedonian: по милост Божја (po milost Božja), по Божја Милост (po Božja Milost)
• Norwegian: av Guds nåde
• Old English: mid Godes ġiefe
• Polish: z Bożej łaski (pl)
• Portuguese: pela graça de Deus
• Romanian: prin Harul lui Dumnezeu
• Russian: милостью Божьей (ru) (milostʹju Božʹjej)
• Serbo-Croatian: milošću Božjom, Božjom milošću, po milosti Božjoj
• Slovene: po milosti božji
• Spanish: por la Gracia de Dios
• Swedish: av Guds nåde
• Telugu: దేవుని కృప వలన (dēvuni kr̥pa valana)
• Urdu: الحمد اللہ (alhamdulillāh), اللہ کے فضل سے (allāh ke fazal sē)
• Welsh: trwy ras Duw

See also

• Mandate of Heaven
• thank God

 

Further reading

• By the Grace of God (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Divine right of kings on Wikipedia.Wikipedia