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.
Ephesians 2:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition not of works, lest any man should boast. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 not of works, lest any man should boast. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law's demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.] American Standard Version (1901) not of works, that no man should glory. Common English Bible It’s not something you did that you can be proud of. Catholic Public Domain Version And this is not of works, so that no one may glory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Not of works, that no man may glory. |
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.
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
(for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
who hath saved us, and called us with a 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;