The definition of "grace" is: "A freely given, unmerited favor and love of God; the influence of spirit of God operating in man; a virtue or excellence of divine origin; the condition of being in God's favor or one of the elect; moral strength: the grace to perform a duty..." --The Random House College Dictionary, Revised Edition, ©1988 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to many. --Romans 5:15