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for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9 · World English Bible

Where you find this verse

How can I be saved?→What does it mean to be born again?→Does James contradict Paul? Is it faith or works?→What is the gospel?→What is grace?→What is faith, exactly?→What is baptism?→Does grace mean I can live however I want?→What is the difference between grace and mercy?→What will believers be rewarded for, if salvation is by grace alone?→Does baptism save a person?→Can I seek God on my own?→Can anyone resist God's grace?→

From this verse, the Word reaches

The same threadTitus 3:5

'Not by works… but according to his mercy.'

“not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,”

The same threadRomans 3:24

Justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

“being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;”

The same threadJonah 2:9

'Salvation belongs to the LORD': it is His to give, not ours to earn.

“But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.””

That reaches back to this verse

In contrast to (this verse)James 2:17

Paul's 'saved apart from works,' while James insists real faith works. The same Spirit wrote both.

“Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.”