kindness
A lovely picture of salvation by grace.
(1) What grace is -- kindness to a helpless one for another's sake, (2 Samuel 1:1-3); (1 John 2:12).
(2) Grace gives the highest place, (2 Samuel 1:11). (Ephesians 1:1-6).
(3) Grace keeps the saved one, (2 Samuel 1:13); (John 10:28); (John 10:29).