17.06. Ef 2:8

Ephesians 2:8Amplified Bible (AMP)

⁸ For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;

Ephesians 2:8Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)

⁸ For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (^[a]delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;

Ephesians 2:8Expanded Bible (EXB)

⁸ ·I mean that [or For; Because] you have been saved by grace through ·believing [faith]. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.

Ephesians 2:8Living Bible (TLB)

⁸ Because of his kindness, you have been saved through trusting Christ. And even trusting is not of yourselves;^[a] it too is a gift from God.

Footnotes:Ephesians 2:8 And even trusting is not of yourselves, or “Salvation is not of yourselves.”

Ephesians 2:8-10The Message (MSG)

^7-10 Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work.

All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish! We don’t play the major role. If we did, we’d probably go around bragging that we’d done the whole thing! No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.