Ephesians 2:9

not of works, in order that no one may boast:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

In Context

8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

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

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Cross References

Romans 3:27Then where is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No; but by the law of faith.

Romans 9:11for the children not having been born, neither having done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election not of works, but of him that calleth,

Romans 11:6and if by grace, it is not at all by works: since in that case grace is no more grace.

2 Timothy 1:9the one having saved us, and 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 eternal times,

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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