 | F. F. Bruce - 1973 - 124 ページ
...Matt. 8: 10, 13; 15: 28); so the pervasive New Testament call to faith is summed up in Eph. 2: 8-10: "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and...- not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand,... | |
 | George Wolfgang Forell - 1975 - 324 ページ
...way to God, contrary to the Gospel. This teaching about faith is plainly and clearly treated by Paul in many passages, especially in Eph. 2:8, 9, "For...That no new interpretation is here introduced can be demonstrated from Augustine, who discusses this question thoroughly and teaches the same thing, namely,... | |
 | Benedict Viviano - 1978 - 248 ページ
...Pauline-Christian salvation through God's grace and man's reliance on that grace by faith alone. Thus Eph 2:8f: "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God—not because of works, lest any man should boast" (but note also the important qualification in... | |
 | Richard Stoll Armstrong - 1979 - 208 ページ
...Working together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain. (II Cor. 6:1) For by grace you have been saved through faith; and...this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God. (Eph. 2:8) But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. (Eph. 4:7)... | |
 | Theodore G. Tappert - 68 ページ
...way to God, contrary to the Gospel. This teaching about faith is plainly and clearly treated by Paul in many passages, especially in Eph. 2:8, 9, "For...That no new interpretation is here introduced can be demonstrated from Augustine, who discusses this question thoroughly and teaches the same thing, namely,... | |
 | Dermot A. Lane - 1981 - 122 ページ
...come to me unless the Father draws him" (Jn. 6:44); "We love because God loved us first" (1 Jn. 4:19); "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and...this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God" (Eph. 2:8). All agree that faith is a gift from God, but how, and in what sense, faith is a gift from... | |
 | John H. Leith - 1982 - 760 ページ
...way to God, contrary to the Gospel. This teaching about faith is plainly and clearly treated by Paul in many passages, especially in Eph. 2:8, 9, "For...That no new interpretation is here introduced can be demonstrated from Augustine, who discusses this question thoroughly and teaches the same thing, namely,... | |
 | Agustín (Santo, Obispo de Hipona) - 1982 - 364 ページ
...to the fact that our souls are renewed and formed by grace to the image of God. Hence St. Paul says, For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing, but it is God's gift; it is not because of your works, so that no one may glory. For we are His work... | |
 | John G. Gager - 1985 - 321 ページ
...Baptism, 17. 6. Markus Barth, Ephesians (Garden City, New York, 1974) pp. 244f. and others interpret 2:8b ("this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God...— not because of works, lest any man should boast. . . .") as a polemical thrust against Gentile Christian Judaizers like those cited in Col. 2:16. 7.... | |
 | E. John Hamlin - 1983 - 236 ページ
...LORD" (vv. l5, l8, 24), would present the central issue in a time of broken covenant. THE GRACE OF GOD "This is not your own doing, it is the gift of God . . . lest any man should boast" (Eph. 2:9). The covenant ceremony begins by introducing the covenant... | |
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For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God — not because of works, lest any man should boast. 
