Ephesians 2:9

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,…

Here the apostle begins his account of the glorious change that was wrought in them by converting grace, where observe,

I. By whom, and in what manner, it was brought about and effected. 1.…

lest anyman should boast Lit., any one; there is no emphasis on "man." For the thought, cp. Rom 3:27, (and see Eph 4:2); 1Co 1:29; 1Co 4:7; Gal 6:14; Php 3:3; in all which passages the Gr. word is the…