Ephesians 2:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--

New Living Translation
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

English Standard Version
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Berean Study Bible
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

New American Standard Bible
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

NASB 1995
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

NASB 1977
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Amplified Bible
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;

Christian Standard Bible
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift--

Contemporary English Version
You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve. This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God.

International Standard Version
For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God

NET Bible
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

New King James Version
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

King James 2000 Bible
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

New Heart English Bible
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

World English Bible
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

American King James Version
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

American Standard Version
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

A Faithful Version
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this especially is not of your own selves; it is the gift of God,

Darby Bible Translation
For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:

English Revised Version
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Webster's Bible Translation
For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For by grace are ye saued through faith, and that not of your selues: it is the gift of God,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For by grace are ye made safe through fayth, and that not of your selues, it is the gyft of God:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For by grace are ye saued thorow faith, and that not of youre selues, For it is ye gifte of God,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For by grace are ye made safe thorowe fayth and that not of youre selves. For it is the gyfte of God
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for by grace you are saved, through faith, and this [is] not of yourselves—[it is] the gift of God,

Berean Literal Bible
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Young's Literal Translation
for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you -- of God the gift,

Smith's Literal Translation
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and this not of you: the gift of God:

Literal Emphasis Translation
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this not from out of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;

Catholic Public Domain Version
For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For it is by his grace that we have been saved through faith, and this faith was not from you, but it is the gift of God,

Lamsa Bible
For it is by grace that you are saved through faith; not of your doing: it is the gift of God:

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For by grace you have been saved through the faith; and this matter is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:

Godbey New Testament
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Haweis New Testament
For by grace ye are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God:

Mace New Testament
for by grace are ye saved, thro' faith (and that not from us:

Weymouth New Testament
For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--

Worrell New Testament
For by grace ye have been saved through faith: and this, not of yourselves, it is the gift of God:

Worsley New Testament
For by grace ye are saved, through faith: and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: not by works, that no one may boast:
















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