That no man should glory (ινα μη τις καυχησητα). Negative final clause (ινα μη) with first aorist middle subjunctive of καυχαομα. …

Not of works, lest any man should boast.—In this verse we have the echo of the past Judaising controversy; it sums up briefly the whole ar…

Through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

We would surely boast if …

Paul firmly excludes every possibility of self-achieved salvation by adding to his emphasis in v.8, “not by works.” The apostle does not specify th…

Not of works. Instead of what he had said, that their salvation is of grace, he now affirms, it is the gift of God. Instead of wh…

Not of works
Of any kind, moral or ceremonial, before or after conversion, done without faith or in it, nor of these…

Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespa es and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it evokes an awfu…