Ephesians 2:9

not of works, lest any one glory.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

In Context

8For it is by his grace we are rescued, through faith; and this is not of yourselves, but it is the gift of God:

10For we are his creation; who are created in Jesus the Messiah, for good works, which God hath before prepared for us to walk in.

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Cross References

Romans 3:27Where then is glorying? It is annihilated. By what law? by that of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Romans 9:11before her children were born, or: had done good or evil, the choice of God was predeclared; that it might stand, not of works, but of him who called.

Romans 11:6But if by grace, it is not by works: otherwise, grace is not grace. And if by works, it is not by grace: Otherwise, work is not work.

2 Timothy 1:9who hath vivified us, and called us with a holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his good pleasure, and his grace that was given us in Jesus the Messiah from time before the ages,

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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