Ephesians 2:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ not the result of works, so that no one may boast.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ not of works, lest any man should boast.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ not of works, that no man should glory.

Common English Bible

⁹ It’s not something you did that you can be proud of.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Not of works, that no man may glory.

Ephesians 2:9 Cross References

Romans 11:6

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Romans 3:20

For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Romans 4:2

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

Romans 9:11

even before they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose of election might continue,

Romans 9:16

So it depends not on human will or exertion but on God who shows mercy.

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,