Ephesians 2:9
7 in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
not by works, so that no one can boast.
10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
11 Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
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Compare
- BSB
- not by works, so that no one can boast.
- KJV
- Not of works, lest any man should boast.
- WEB
- not of works, that no one would boast.
- ASV
- not of works, that no man should glory.
- DARBY
- not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.
- BLB
- not by works, so that no one may boast.
- ÅB
- ikke av gjerninger, for at ikke noen skal rose seg.
- OTB
- ikke som et resultat av gjerninger, for at ingen skal kunne rose seg.
- B1930
- ikke av gjerninger, forat ikke nogen skal rose sig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Read in contextRomans 11:6
And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
Read in contextTitus 3:3–5
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Read in contextRomans 9:16
So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:29–31
so that no one may boast in His presence.
Read in contextRomans 3:20
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
Read in contextRomans 4:2
If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
Read in contextRomans 9:11
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
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