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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
Not of works,.... Of any kind, moral or ceremonial, before or after conversion, done without faith or in it, nor of these in any sense; works are neither the moving causes, nor the procuring causes, nor the helping causes, nor "causa sine qua non", or conditions of salvation; the best works that are done by men, are not done of themselves, but by the grace of God, and therefore can never merit at...
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
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
Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship,-- If we have good works, as I trust we have, yet even they are the production of God’s grace; praise and glory for them belong to him, and not to us: “For we are his workmanship,”-
Charles H. Spurgeon
Not of works, lest any man should boast. God cannot endure boasting, and one great object of the plan of salvation by grace is to extinguish boosting, to shut it out. It is intolerable to God, he cannot endure it.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Not of works, lest any man should boast. God will not have a boaster in heaven. He will not have the creature exalting himself in his presence. The command, “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth;” is backed up by this reason, “for I am God, and there is none else.” Therefore unto God himself must be the praise and glory for all who are saved.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, No good man can boast of his works, because those works are the work of God. Without him we could not perform good works, so that even when we possess them, we are his workmanship. Shall the vessel on the wheel exalt itself as if it made itself? No, the potter must have the credit of all the skill of the making of the vessel,...
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.