ephesians-2:8

Geneva Study Bible - Ephesians 2:8

2:8 For by {h} grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:(h) So then, grace, that is to say, the gift of God, and faith, stand with one another, to which two it is contrary to be saved by ourselves, or by our works. Therefore, what do those mean who would join together things of such contrary natures? read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-22

BELIEVERS CHANGED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH (vs.1-10) The first three verse of chapter 2 go back to consider the state and circumstances from which the Ephesians had been brought, the same sad state to which all mankind has been reduced as a result of sin. However, verses 4 to 6 show the state and circumstances into which the grace of God has brought us who believe. "And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins" (v.1) emphatically refers to the Ephesians, being Gentiles. Notice,... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-22

ADDRESS TO THE GENTILES This church, like all the others, was composed of both Jews and Gentiles, but chiefly Gentiles. Paul is the apostle to the Gentiles and he never loses sight of this calling in his speaking or writing. It is especially necessary that he now address himself to them, because of the nature of the truth he is revealing: the union of Gentile and Jew in the mystical body of Christ. The chapter shows us three things: our condition by nature (Ephesians 2:1-3 ); our change... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Ephesians 2:7-10

(7) That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. (8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (9) Not of works, lest any man should boast. (10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. I admire what the Apostle saith, in the first of these verses, of God's design, in the display of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:8

Faith is the beginning, foundation, and the root of justification, and the first of all other virtues, without which it is impossible to please God. (Bristow) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Ephesians 2:1-10

1-10 Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespasses and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it gives an awful feeling. A never-dying spirit is now fled, and has left nothing but the ruins of a man. But if we viewed things aright, we should be far more affected by the thought of a dead soul, a lost, fallen spirit. A state of sin is a state of conformity to this world. Wicked men are slaves to Satan. Satan is the author of that proud, carnal disposition... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-99

Ephesians 2 THE CHURCH IS not yet completed, and the saints are here in weakness, but our Head is exalted far above all by the surpassing greatness of divine power, and this exhibits how great is the power that works toward us in life-giving energy. Hence chapter 2 simply opens with, “And you, who were dead in trespasses and sins.” God’s power has wrought, “in Christ . . . and you.” It wrought in Christ when He was dead on account of our trespasses and sins. It wrought in us when we were... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Ephesians 2:4-10

God's grace manifested toward the sinners: v. 4. But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love where with he loved us, v. 5. even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved,) v. 6. and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, v. 7. that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. v. 8. For by grace are ye saved... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ephesians 2:1-10

B. The extent and mission of the churchEphesians 2:1-221. Reminder of the previous condition of death and the glorious new creation(Ephesians 2:1-10.)1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins [You also who were dead in your1 trespasses and your sins]; 2Wherein in time past ye [Wherein ye once] walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power [or powers]2 of the air, [of] the spirit that [which] now worketh in the children [sons] of... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Ephesians 2:8

EPHESIANS SALVATION: GRACE: FAITH Eph_2:8 Here are three of the key-words of the New Testament-’grace,’ ‘saved,’ ‘faith.’ Once these terms were strange and new; now they are old and threadbare. Once they were like lava, glowing and cast up from the central depths; but it is a long while since the eruption, and the blocks have got cold, and the corners have been rubbed off them. I am afraid that some people, when they read such a text, will shrug the shoulder of weariness, and think that... read more