Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ephesians 2:9

"not of works, that no man should glory." — Ephesians 2:9 (ASV)

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

God will not have a boaster in heaven. He will not have the creature exalting himself in his presence. The command, Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; is backed up by this reason, for I am God, and there is none else. Therefore, to God himself must be the praise and glory for all who are saved.

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

God cannot endure boasting, and one great object of the plan of salvation by grace is to extinguish boasting, to shut it out. It is intolerable to God. He cannot endure it.