Ephesians 2:9
not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
In Context
8For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:
Cross References
Romans 3:27Where then [is] boasting? It has been excluded. By what law? of works? Nay, but by law of faith;
Romans 9:11[the children] indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls),
Romans 11:6But if by grace, no longer of works: since [otherwise] grace is no more grace.
2 Timothy 1:9who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to [his] own purpose and grace, which [was] given to us in Christ Jesus before [the] ages of time,
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 →