9not by works, so that no one can boast.


In Context

6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in 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--

9 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 for us to do.

11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)--

Ephesians 2:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Not of works, that no man may glory.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:9not of works, that no man should glory.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:9not of works, that no man should glory.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9Not by works, lest any man should boast.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9not of works, that no one would boast.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9not of works, that no one may boast;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9Not of works, lest any man should boast.