Salvation Unto Us Has Come

Es ist das Heil uns kommen her

Text by Paul Speratus

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About this hymn

Date: 1523
Tune: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Composer: Traditional German melody
Key: Eb
Meter: 8 7 8 7 8 8 7

Historical background

Paul Speratus’s hymn appeared among the earliest Lutheran hymn publications and became a durable sung exposition of evangelical doctrine.

Theology & Scripture

The text contrasts works-righteousness with the righteousness received through faith in Christ.

Eph 2:1-10 · Rom 3:10-31 · 5:1-11 · Gal 4:1-25 · Lk 6:47-49

Musical background

Es ist das Heil uns kommen her is presented in the documented public-domain setting named by the source score. This edition contains four-part SATB harmony in Eb.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-12. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Paul Speratus, 1523. Translation composite. Music: 'Es ist das Heil uns Kommen Her' traditional German circa 1400 from Etlich Christlich Lider, Wittenberg, 1524. Setting: "Mehrstimmiges ChoralBuch", 1906. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2010 Revision.
Music source: "Mehrstimmiges ChoralBuch", 1906 Hymn #206, page 162 Ed. Karl Brauer. Translation from the Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; the text is PD according to Project Wittenberg.
Translation is public domain per Project Wittenberg: http://www.ccel.org/a/anonymous/luth_hymnal/tlh377.htm