Ephesians 2:9
Ephesians 2:9 (KJV)
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:9 (Literal)
9 not from any source of man’s works, in order that no one should boastfully boast oneself.)
Ephesians 2:9 (Expanded)
9 not by the works or actions of man, in order that there might be absolutely not one to boastfully boast.)
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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