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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Ephesians 2 The design of the apostle in this chapter, is to magnify the riches of divine grace, in the effectual calling and salvation of sinners, by Christ Jesus; in order to which, he describes the sad estate they are in by nature, and before conversion, even God's elect among the Jews, and especially among the Gentiles; and then observes how peace is made for and between them...
John Gill
For by grace are ye saved,.... This is to be understood, not of temporal salvation, nor of preservation in Christ, nor of providential salvation in order to calling, and much less of being put in a way of salvation, or only in a salvable state; but of spiritual salvation, and that actual; for salvation was not only resolved upon, contrived and secured in the covenant of grace, for the persons...
Matthew Henry
This chapter contains an account, I. Of the miserable condition of these Ephesians by nature (ver. 1-3) and again, ver. 11, 12. II. Of the glorious change that was wrought in them by converting grace (ver. 4-10) and again, ver. 13. III. Of the great and mighty privileges that both converted Jews and Gentiles receive from Christ, ver. 14-22. The apostle endeavours to affect them with a due sense...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For by grace are ye saved through faith; We have this expression, “by grace are ye saved,” twice over in this chapter. Paul knew that he needed to repeat himself, or people would forget what he taught. At bottom, all the wanderings from the faith at the present day amount to this, salvation by works instead of salvation by grace. The battle of the Reformation has to be fought over again. Men are...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And that not of yourselves: it is a gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. “Oh!” said one to me just now, “the man who is saved by his own righteousness cannot do much in the line of praising.” “No, my dear brother,” I replied, “except he praises himself; and he can generally do that pretty well.” Your self-made man usually worships his creator very earnestly; and your self-saved...
Charles H. Spurgeon
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Both the salvation and the faith that makes it ours are the gift of God. Twice over, the apostle tells us that we are saved by grace, yet men will not believe it. They will, somehow or...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. That great truth was put, in the 5th verse, into a parenthesis. Why did Paul write it twice?...
Charles H. Spurgeon
That in the age to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; — It must be all of grace because of the greatness of the favor bestowed. A man dead in trespasses and sins cannot deserve to be made alive; and when he is made alive, he cannot deserve to be raised up to sit with Christ in the heavenly...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: “Not of yourselves.” What do those people mean who keep on crying up the power of the human will, the wonderful dignity of human nature, and all that kind of foolish talk? Salvation is not in ourselves; “it is the gift of God,” not a reward which we have earned, but a free gift which God bestows according to the riches of his grace.
Charles H. Spurgeon
For by grace are ye saved Not by your own merits, not by priestcraft, not by your own free will. “By grace are ye saved.” This is the great summary of the gospel. Let this doctrine be preached, and we shall soon see the errors of Rome fly before it. “By grace are ye saved.” Eph_2:8. Through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Neither the faith nor the salvation are of...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For by grace are ye saved There it is again. Paul rings that silver bell in the deaf ears of men. “By grace are ye saved.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. We should be sure to boast if we could. We are a boasting people. Man is a poor mass of flesh, and he is largely given to the corruption of pride, He will boast if he can.