Ephesians 2:8
For ye are saved by grace through faith, and this a gift of God, not from you,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
In Context
9not from works, so that not any man may boast.
Cross References
Matthew 16:17And having answered, Jesus said to him, Blessed are thou, Simon Bar-jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father in the heavens.
Mark 16:16He who believes and is immersed will be saved, but he who does not believe will be damned.
John 1:12But as many as did accept him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,
John 3:36He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
John 5:24Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.
John 6:35Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will, no, not hunger, and he who believes in me will, no, not ever thirst.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:5-11
The Change Wrought in the Ephesians. ( a. d. 61.) 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is… Read the whole commentary →