Ephesians 2:9

New International Reader's Version

It is not based on anything you have done. No one can brag about earning it.

Cross References

Romans 11:6

And if they are chosen by grace, then they can’t work for it. If that were true, grace wouldn’t be grace anymore.

Romans 3:20

So no one will be considered right with God by obeying the law. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.

Romans 4:2

Did he become right with God because of something he did? If so, he could brag about it. But he couldn’t brag to God.

Romans 9:11

Here is what happened. Rebekah’s twins had not even been born. They hadn’t done anything good or bad yet. So they show that God’s purpose is based firmly on his free choice.

Romans 9:16

So it doesn’t depend on what people want or what they do. It depends on God’s mercy.

2 Timothy 1:9

God has saved us. He has chosen us to live a holy life. It wasn’t because of anything we have done. It was because of his own purpose and grace. Through Christ Jesus, God gave us this grace even before time began.