Ephesians 2:9

not of works, lest any one should boast.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

In Context

8For by grace ye have been saved, through faith; and this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God;

10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.

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Cross References

Romans 3:27Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay; but by the law of faith.

Romans 9:11before the children were born, or had done any thing good or evil, to the end that God's purpose according to election might stand, not depending on works, but on the will of him that calleth,

Romans 11:6And if it is by grace, it is no longer on account of works; otherwise grace ceaseth to be grace; but if it is of works, there is then no grace; otherwise work ceaseth to be work. How is it then?

2 Timothy 1:9who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and the grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world 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 →

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