Ephesians 2:9
Modern Translations
New International Version
not by works, so that no one can boast.

New Living Translation
Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.

English Standard Version
not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Berean Study Bible
not by works, so that no one can boast.

New American Standard Bible
not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

NASB 1995
not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

NASB 1977
not as a result of works, that no one should boast.

Amplified Bible
not as a result of [your] works [nor your attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or take credit in any way [for his salvation].

Christian Standard Bible
not from works, so that no one can boast.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
not from works, so that no one can boast.

Contemporary English Version
It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It's not the result of anything you've done, so no one can brag about it.

International Standard Version
and not the result of actions, to put a stop to all boasting.

NET Bible
it is not from works, so that no one can boast.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Not of works, lest any man should boast.

New King James Version
not of works, lest anyone should boast.

King James 2000 Bible
Not of works, lest any man should boast.

New Heart English Bible
not of works, that no one would boast.

World English Bible
not of works, that no one would boast.

American King James Version
Not of works, lest any man should boast.

American Standard Version
not of works, that no man should glory.

A Faithful Version
Not of works, so that no one may boast.

Darby Bible Translation
not on the principle of works, that no one might boast.

English Revised Version
not of works, that no man should glory.

Webster's Bible Translation
Not by works, lest any man should boast.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Not of workes, least any man should boast himselfe.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Not of workes, lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
not of workes, lest eny ma shulde boast him selfe.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and commeth not of workes lest eny man shuld bost him silfe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
not of works, that no one may boast;

Berean Literal Bible
not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Young's Literal Translation
not of works, that no one may boast;

Smith's Literal Translation
Not of works, lest any one should boast.

Literal Emphasis Translation
not from out of works, so that not anyone may boast.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Not of works, that no man may glory.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Lamsa Bible
Not of works, lest any man should boast.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
not by works, lest any one should boast.

Godbey New Testament
not of works, in order that no one may boast:

Haweis New Testament
not by works, lest any man should boast;

Mace New Testament
it is the gift of God) but not by works, so that no man can boast:

Weymouth New Testament
so that it may be impossible for any one to boast.

Worrell New Testament
not of works, lest any one should boast;

Worsley New Testament
for we are his workmanship,
















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