Ephesians 2:9
Not of works, that no man may glory.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
In Context
8For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;
Cross References
Romans 3:27Where is then thy boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Romans 9:11For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil (that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand,)
Romans 11:6dummy verses inserted by amos
2 Timothy 1:9Who hath delivered us and called us by his holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the world.
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 →