Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ephesians 2:9-10

"not of works, that no man should glory. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them." — Ephesians 2:9-10 (ASV)

Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship,

No good person can boast of their works, because those works are the work of God. Without Him we could not perform good works, so that even when we possess them, we are His workmanship.

Should the vessel on the wheel exalt itself as if it made itself? No, the potter must have the credit for all the skill in the making of the vessel. And if, therefore, there are in our character marks and lines of grace and truth, to God be the glory for them, for we are His workmanship.

Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship.

If we have good works, as I trust we have, yet even they are the production of God's grace; praise and glory for them belong to him, and not to us: For we are his workmanship.