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New Century Version

Ephesians 2:9

It was not the result of your own efforts, so you cannot brag about it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Boasting;   Grace of God;   Salvation;   Works;   Thompson Chain Reference - Good;   Work, Religious;   Work-Workers, Religious;   Works;   Works, Good;   The Topic Concordance - Faith/faithfulness;   Giving and Gifts;   Grace;   Newness;   Ordination;   Salvation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Righteousness;   Salvation;   Works, Good;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Justificiation;   Regeneration;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Boasting;   Covenant;   Election;   Ethics;   Faith;   Good works;   Goodness;   Predestination;   Reward;   Righteousness;   Sacrifice;   Salvation;   Sin;   Work;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Boasting;   Grace;   Law;   Legalism;   Reward;   Salvation;   Sexuality, Human;   Timothy, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Atonement;   Calvinists;   Covenant;   Justification;   Legalist;   Man;   Mercy of God;   Merit;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Justification;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Antinomianism;   Ephesians, Book of;   Faith;   Jews in the New Testament;   Law, Ten Commandments, Torah;   Life;   Salvation;   Works;   1 Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boasting;   Children of God;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Mercy;   Pre-Eminence ;   Saviour (2);   Sin;   Trust;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Boast;   Election;   Ephesians, Epistle to the;   James, Epistle of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 28;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 6;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
not from works, so that no one can boast.
King James Version (1611)
Not of workes, lest any man should boast.
King James Version
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
English Standard Version
not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
New American Standard Bible
not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Legacy Standard Bible
not of works, so that no one may boast.
Berean Standard Bible
not by works, so that no one can boast.
Contemporary English Version
It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about.
Complete Jewish Bible
You were not delivered by your own actions; therefore no one should boast.
Darby Translation
not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.
Easy-to-Read Version
You are not saved by the things you have done, so there is nothing to boast about.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Not of workes, least any man should boast himselfe.
George Lamsa Translation
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Lexham English Bible
it is not from works, so that no one can boast.
Literal Translation
not of works, that not anyone should boast;
Amplified Bible
not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].
American Standard Version
not of works, that no man should glory.
Bible in Basic English
Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.
Hebrew Names Version
not of works, that no one would boast.
International Standard Version
and not the result of works, lest anyone boast.Romans 3:20,27-28; 4:2; 9:11; 11:6; 1 Corinthians 1:29-31; 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
not of works, that no man should glory.
Murdock Translation
not of works, lest any one glory.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Not of workes, lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe.
English Revised Version
not of works, that no man should glory.
World English Bible
not of works, that no one would boast.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Weymouth's New Testament
so that it may be impossible for any one to boast.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
not of werkis, that no man haue glorie.
Update Bible Version
not of works, that no man should boast.
Webster's Bible Translation
Not by works, lest any man should boast.
New English Translation
it is not from works, so that no one can boast.
New King James Version
not of works, lest anyone should boast.
New Living Translation
Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
New Life Bible
It is not given to you because you worked for it. If you could work for it, you would be proud.
New Revised Standard
not the result of works, so that no one may boast.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Not from works, lest anyone should boast.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Not of works, that no man may glory.
Revised Standard Version
not because of works, lest any man should boast.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and commeth not of workes lest eny man shuld bost him silfe.
Young's Literal Translation
not of works, that no one may boast;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
not of workes, lest eny ma shulde boast him selfe.
Mace New Testament (1729)
it is the gift of God) but not by works, so that no man can boast:
Simplified Cowboy Version
No matter how tough you think you are, you can't save your own hide. You can't toot your own horn about something you can't do on your own.

Contextual Overview

4 But God's mercy is great, and he loved us very much. 5 Though we were spiritually dead because of the things we did against God, he gave us new life with Christ. You have been saved by God's grace. 6 And he raised us up with Christ and gave us a seat with him in the heavens. He did this for those in Christ Jesus 7 so that for all future time he could show the very great riches of his grace by being kind to us in Christ Jesus. 8 I mean that you have been saved by grace through believing. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God. 9 It was not the result of your own efforts, so you cannot brag about it. 10 God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us to do good works, which God planned in advance for us to live our lives doing.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Romans 3:20, Romans 3:27, Romans 3:28, Romans 4:2, Romans 9:11, Romans 9:16, Romans 11:6, 1 Corinthians 1:29-31, 2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 3:3-5

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:4 - I have prepared Judges 7:2 - Israel Luke 18:12 - fast John 6:65 - that no 2 Corinthians 4:7 - that Titus 3:5 - by works

Cross-References

Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.
Genesis 2:9
The Lord God caused every beautiful tree and every tree that was good for food to grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden, God put the tree that gives life and also the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat the fruit from the tree which gives the knowledge of good and evil. If you ever eat fruit from that tree, you will die!"
Genesis 3:3
But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.'"
Deuteronomy 6:25
The right thing for us to do is this: Obey all these rules in the presence of the Lord our God, as he has commanded."
Proverbs 3:18
As a tree produces fruit, wisdom gives life to those who use it, and everyone who uses it will be happy.
Proverbs 11:30
A good person gives life to others; the wise person teaches others how to live.
Isaiah 44:25
I show that the signs of the lying prophets are false; I make fools of those who do magic. I confuse even the wise; they think they know much, but I make them look foolish.
Isaiah 47:10
You do evil things, but you feel safe and say, ‘No one sees what I do.' Your wisdom and knowledge have fooled you. You say to yourself, ‘I am God, and no one is equal to me.'
Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of the tree falling when I brought it down to the place of the dead. It went to join those who have gone down to the grave. Then all the trees of Eden and the best trees of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were comforted in the place of the dead below the earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Not of works,.... Of any kind, moral or ceremonial, before or after conversion, done without faith or in it, nor of these in any sense; works are neither the moving causes, nor the procuring causes, nor the helping causes, nor "causa sine qua non", or conditions of salvation; the best works that are done by men, are not done of themselves, but by the grace of God, and therefore can never merit at his hand: and salvation is put upon such a foot,

lest any man should boast; of his works before God, and unto men; wherefore he has denied works any place in justification and salvation, in order to exclude all boasting in man; and has fixed it in a way of grace, and has chosen and called poor sinful worthless creatures to enjoy it, that whoever glories, may glory in the Lord.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not of works - see the notes at Romans 3:20, Romans 3:27.


 
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