to save
sozo denotes being saved in faith-centered and final contexts, as well as rescue from danger and restoration from weakness.
The dominant usage concerns people being saved in clauses about belief, grace, calling on the Lord, and God’s purpose. The same verb also describes restoration from weakness or illness and direct rescue from threats such as death, fire, an approaching hour, or a storm.
Senses in use
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Being saved in faith-centered contexts · dominant
The verb marks the intended or promised outcome for people in faith-centered clauses: the aorist active infinitive in 1 Corinthians 1:21 follows God’s purpose concerning those who believe, while the future passive in Acts 16:31 follows the command to believe in the Lord Jesus. In John 3:17 the aorist passive subjunctive states the purpose that the world might be saved through the Son; in 1 Timothy 2:4, the passive infinitive is joined to coming to knowledge of the truth.
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Restoration from weakness or illness · occasional
In Luke 17:19 and Luke 18:42, perfect active forms occur in the statement that faith has saved the person immediately after healing-related actions. John 11:12 uses a future passive form concerning one who has fallen asleep, and the APB renders the clause "he will recover"; James 5:15 places the future active form with prayer for one who is weak and the Lord’s raising him.
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Rescue from immediate peril · occasional
The verb can name deliverance from a stated danger: Acts 27:20 has a present passive infinitive in the loss of hope of being saved amid a severe storm, and John 12:27 uses an aorist active imperative in the request, "Father, save me from this hour." Hebrews 5:7 speaks of one able to save from death, while Jude 1:23 commands saving others by taking them out from fire.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly renders the relevant clauses with "saved," while John 11:12 uses "recover" and several peril contexts explicitly add phrases such as "from this hour" or "from death." Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, those English choices confirm the clause-level context rather than fixing a separate rendering in every verse.