Ephesians 2:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Ephesians 2:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 1:9
Who 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 the world began,
Romans 11:6
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Titus 3:3-5
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. …
Romans 9:16
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
1 Corinthians 1:29-31
That no flesh should glory in his presence. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-10)

Here the apostle begins his account of the glorious change that was wrought in them by converting grace, where observe, I. By whom, and in what manner, it was brought about and effected. 1. Negatively: Not of yourselves, Eph. 2:8. Our faith, our conversion, and our eternal salvation, are not the mere product of any natural abilities, nor of any merit of our own: Not of works, lest any man should b…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. Not of works--This clause stands in contrast to “by grace,” as is confirmed by Ro 4:4, 5; 11:6. lest--rather, as Greek, “that no man should boast” (Ro 3:27; 4:2).