Ephesians 2:8 Parallel Translations

God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

BBE:

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

DBY:

For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:

ERV:

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

WEY:

For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--

WBS:

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

WEB:

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

YLT:

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you -- of God the gift,

Ephesians 2:8 Cross References

XREF:

John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

Acts 15:11 "But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are."

Ephesians 2:5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

1 Peter 1:5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:8 For by {h} grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
(h) So then, grace, that is to say, the gift of God, and faith, stand with one another, to which two it is contrary to be saved by ourselves, or by our works. Therefore, what do those mean who would join together things of such contrary natures?

PNT:

2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith. Lest they might forget the doctrine that he ever preached, he reminds them that works of the law never saved them; that they were saved by God's grace shown in the gospel; that this salvation was obtained through the faith. The definite article is found before faith in the Greek, showing that the faith, or the gospel, is meant.
[It is] the gift of God. The salvation is not due to ourselves, but is God's gift. The grammatical construction of the Greek does not allow us to make faith the subject of the last clause. It is not faith, but salvation through the faith, which is the gift of God. So says John Wesley in his Notes: This refers to the previous clause, 'That you are saved,' etc.

WES:

2:8 By grace ye are saved through faith - Grace, without any respect to human worthiness, confers the glorious gift. Faith, with an empty hand, and without any pretence to personal desert, receives the heavenly blessing. And this is not of yourselves - This refers to the whole preceding clause, That ye are saved through faith, is the gift of God.

MHC:

2:1-10 Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespasses and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it gives an awful feeling. A never-dying spirit is now fled, and has left nothing but the ruins of a man. But if we viewed things aright, we should be far more affected by the thought of a dead soul, a lost, fallen spirit. A state of sin is a state of conformity to this world. Wicked men are slaves to Satan. Satan is the author of that proud, carnal disposition which there is in ungodly men; he rules in the hearts of men. From Scripture it is clear, that whether men have been most prone to sensual or to spiritual wickedness, all men, being naturally children of disobedience, are also by nature children of wrath. What reason have sinners, then, to seek earnestly for that grace which will make them, of children of wrath, children of God and heirs of glory! God's eternal love or good-will toward his creatures, is the fountain whence all his mercies flow to us; and that love of God is great love, and that mercy is rich mercy. And every converted sinner is a saved sinner; delivered from sin and wrath. The grace that saves is the free, undeserved goodness and favour of God; and he saves, not by the works of the law, but through faith in Christ Jesus. Grace in the soul is a new life in the soul. A regenerated sinner becomes a living soul; he lives a life of holiness, being born of God: he lives, being delivered from the guilt of sin, by pardoning and justifying grace. Sinners roll themselves in the dust; sanctified souls sit in heavenly places, are raised above this world, by Christ's grace. The goodness of God in converting and saving sinners heretofore, encourages others in after-time, to hope in his grace and mercy. Our faith, our conversion, and our eternal salvation, are not of works, lest any man should boast. These things are not brought to pass by any thing done by us, therefore all boasting is shut out. All is the free gift of God, and the effect of being quickened by his power. It was his purpose, to which he prepared us, by blessing us with the knowledge of his will, and his Holy Spirit producing such a change in us, that we should glorify God by our good conversation, and perseverance in holiness. None can from Scripture abuse this doctrine, or accuse it of any tendency to evil. All who do so, are without excuse.

CONC:

Faith Gift God's Grace Ground Merit Salvation Saved Yourselves

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