Ephesians 2:9

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.

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

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:

Contextual Overview

⁴But we are thankful that the Boss is a merciful God. His mercy don't ever run dry either, and neither does his love. ⁵Get this, boys! We were dead because we were hung up in the stirrup of sin, but when God brought his son back to life, he grabbed us by the belt and lifted us back in the saddle with a new purpose. It's God's grace that saved us, cowboys! ⁶God raised Jesus up from the dead and gave him a place of honor in heaven. And we get to go with him because we are part of his crew! ⁷People will look back and see the extraordinary gift that is available to everyone who rides for the brand. We've got a spot in God's crew because of his grace through Jesus, not because we are top hands. ⁸It's our faith in God's love for us that does the saving—and this is not from our rope, or our hand, or our horse, it is the gift of the Almighty. ⁹No 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. ¹⁰Like the greatest saddle maker ever, we were tooled by God himself, created in Christ Jesus to do good things God prepared for us before we even got here.

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

John 6:48
I am the bread of life.

1 Corinthians 8:1
I know there's been a lot of talk about what to do about food that's been sacrificed to idols. Everyone seems to have a different "right" answer. Thinking you are right might make you feel like a big shot, but it is loving each other that makes us strong.

Revelation 2:7
Open your ears and pay attention to what the Spirit has to say to the seven outfits. To those who finish their hard ride for me, I will give freely to them the fruit from the tree of life that sits in the middle of paradise.

Revelation 22:2
It flowed down the middle of the street. On each side of the street grew a tree of life that makes fruit twelve times a year. Its leaves will heal the nations.

Revelation 22:14
No one who washes their white shirts and eats from the tree of life will be disappointed. None will regret being able to walk through the gates of the town.

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.