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Ephesians 2

Eph. 2:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Not
ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
works
ergon (Greek #2041)
toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act
KJV usage: deed, doing, labour, work.
Pronounce: er'-gon
Origin: from a primary (but obsolete) ἔργω (to work)
, lest
hina (Greek #2443)
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
KJV usage: albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. Compare 3363.
Pronounce: hin'-ah
Origin: probably from the same as the former part of 1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare 3588)
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
any man
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
should boast
kauchaomai (Greek #2744)
to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense)
KJV usage: (make) boast, glory, joy, rejoice.
Pronounce: kow-khah'-om-ahee
Origin: from some (obsolete) base akin to that of αὐχέω (to boast) and 2172
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Rom. 3:20,27‑28• 20Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him, for by law [is] knowledge of sin.
 27Where then [is] boasting? It was excluded. Through what law? Of works? No, but through [the] law of faith.
 28We reckon then that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law. (Rom. 3:20,27‑28)
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Rom. 4:2• 2For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath matter whereof to boast, but not before God. (Rom. 4:2)
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Rom. 9:11,16• 11for [the children] being not yet born, nor having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might remain, not of works but of him that calleth,
 16So then [it is] not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God that hath mercy. (Rom. 9:11,16)
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Rom. 11:6• 6and if by grace, no longer by works, since [otherwise] grace becometh no longer grace. (Rom. 11:6)
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1 Cor. 1:29‑31• 29so that no flesh should boast before God.
 30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;
 31that, according as it is written, He that boasteth, let him boast in [the] Lord. (1 Cor. 1:29‑31)
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2 Tim. 1:9• 9who saved us, and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times everlasting, (2 Tim. 1:9)
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Titus 3:3‑5• 3For at one time even we were foolish, disobedient, gone astray, in slavery to divers lusts and pleasures, passing time in malice and envy, abominable, hating one another.
 4But when the kindness and the love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
 5not by works in righteousness which we ourselves did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, (Titus 3:3‑5)
• “And that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” This probably refers, not only to the salvation, but to the faith; {v.9} it was all the gift of God, and not man's production. (“Remarks on Ephesians 2:4-10” by W. Kelly)
• All is absolutely according to the mind of God Himself. It is not duty according to the old creation. All is the fruit of God’s own thoughts in the new creation. The law disappears with regard to us even as to its works, together with the nature to which it applied. (“Ephesians 2” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.

W. Kelly Translation

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not of works, that no one might boast.