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Ephesians 2:8

Ephesians 2:8 (KJV)

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Ephesians 2:8 (Literal)

8 (Therefore, it is by grace we were saved through [the] believing [of Jesus Christ]; and this [gift] was not of you but the gift of God,

Ephesians 2:8 (Expanded)

8 (For in and by God’s grace we were saved through believing; and that salvation, wholeness, gift offering is out from God and not you,

8 (Therefore it is by, in, and through God’s grace that we were saved, rescued, ransomed, made absolutely whole and complete by means of the believing of Jesus Christ; and this gift of God’s grace, who is Christ Jesus, was not out of or from you, but, in contrast, the gift of God was the offering of His Son, Jesus Christ,

CONTEXT-God's Works

Ephesians 2:8-10

8 (Therefore, it is by grace we were saved through [the] believing [of Jesus Christ]; and this [gift] was not of you but the gift of God, 9 not from any source of man’s works, in order that no one should boastfully boast oneself.) 10 Therefore we are His own creation who were created in Christ Jesus, with a view to good works, which God made ready, in order that we should walk in them.

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The Structure of Ephesians 

A. Salutation and Opening (1:1, 2)
   B. All Spiritual Blessings (1:3-14)
      C. Prayer to God by Paul (1:15-23)
        D. Seated in the Heavenlies (2:1-7)
          E. God’s Works (2:8-10)
            F. New Man, not Judean or Gentile (2:11-18)
              G. The Temple Fitly Framed Together (2:19-22)
                 H. The Mystery, the One Body (3:1-13)
                    I. Prayer to the Father (3:14-21)
                 H. The unity of the One Body (4:1-6)
              G. The Body Fitly Joined Together (4:7-16)
            F. Putting on the New Man (4:17-32)
          E. Man’s Works (5:1—6:9)
        D. Standing in the Heavenlies (6:10-18)
      C. Prayer to God for Paul (6:19, 20)
    B. Making Known the Spiritual Blessings (6:21, 22)
A. Blessing and Closing (6:23, 24)

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Topic: Eph2:8, Eph 2:8