Ephesians 2:8
King James Version
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ephesians 2:8 in context
6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
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Other passages that echo or illuminate Ephesians 2:8.
- Ephesians 2:9Not of works, lest any man should boast.
- Romans 3:24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
- Titus 3:5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
- Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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