Ephesians 2:9
not of works, that no man should glory.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
In Context
8For by his grace are we saved through faith, and this was not of you, but is the gift of Aloha,
Cross References
Romans 3:27Where, then, is boasting? It is abolished. By what law? of works? No, but by the law of faith.
Romans 9:11before her sons were born, and had not wrought good or evil, the (choice) of Aloha was (made) known before that it should remain: not by works, but by him who called:
Romans 11:6But if by grace, it is not of works; otherwise grace is not grace. But if by works, it is not of grace; otherwise work is not work.
2 Timothy 1:9who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his will, and that grace of his which was given to us in Jeshu Meshiha before the time of the worlds,
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 →