Ephesians 2:9
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Context
This verse from Ephesians Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. We who were dead in trespasses have been made alive together with Christ and raised up with him. It is by grace you have been saved through faith — not your own doing, not a result of works. In Christ …
Other Translations
not of works, that no man should glory.
not of works, that no one may boast;
Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.
Cross References
That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his …
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing …
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, …
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it …
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according …
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.