Ephesians 2:9
not by works, lest any man should boast;
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
In Context
8For by grace ye are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:
Cross References
Romans 3:27Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No: but by the law of faith.
Romans 9:11(though the children were not yet born, nor had done any thing good or evil, that according to the election of God the purpose might abide, not from works, but from him who called;)
Romans 11:6But if by grace, it is no more by works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if by works, it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
2 Timothy 1:9who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before time had a beginning;
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 →