Ephesians 2:9
not by works, so that no one can boast.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 3:27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
Romans 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
Romans 11:6And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
2 Timothy 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
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 →