Ephesians 2:8 (WEB)

Passage

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Nearby Context

Ephesians 2:6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Ephesians 2:7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;

Ephesians 2:8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Ephesians 2:9 not of works, that no one would boast.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saved", "grace", "faith", "gift of God", "been", "through", and "yourselves". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "that in the ages to come he..." into verse 9's "not of works that no one would...", so "saved" and "grace" belong inside that flow. In Saved by Grace for Good Works, the local focus is grace, faith, new creation, and good works.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saved" and "grace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.