11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 2:8
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Ephesians 2:8 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- KJV King James Version
- For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- ASV American Standard Version
- for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for by grace you are saved, through faith, and this [is] not of yourselves—[it is] the gift of God,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For you've been saved by grace through trusting in him—it's not through yourselves, it's the gift of God!
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you — of God the gift,
- DBY Darby Translation
- For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Τῇ | Tē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| γὰρ | gar | For [it is] | G1063 γάρ for |
| χάριτί | chariti | by grace | G5485 χάρις grace |
| ἐστε | este | you have been | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| σεσῳσμένοι | sesōsmenoi | saved | G4982 σῴζω to save |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 διά through/because of |
| πίστεως | pisteōs | faith | G4102 πίστις faith |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἐξ | ex | from | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | yourselves | G4771 σύ you |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| τὸ | to | [it is] the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| δῶρον | dōron | gift | G1435 δῶρον gift |
Related verses
- Romans 3:22–26
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction, for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; …
- Ephesians 2:5
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
- Romans 4:16
For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
- John 1:12–13
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
- Romans 10:17
So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
- Romans 10:9–10
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
- Acts 16:31
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
- James 1:16–18
Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
- John 6:37
All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
- John 5:24
“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, that no one would boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
Read all of Ephesians 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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