EPH 2:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) It’s God’s grace that allows you all to be saved through faith. This grace doesn’t come from you, but rather it’s a gift from God—

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

UST So God was very kind to you in a way that you did not deserve when he saved you from being spiritually dead. He did this because you trust in Jesus. You have not saved yourselves; this is a gift from God—

BSB For [it is] by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; [it is] the gift of God,

BLB For by grace you are saved through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

AICNT For by grace you have been saved through [[the]][fn] faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

2:8, the: Some manuscripts include. BYZ TR

OEB For it is by God’s loving kindness that you have been saved, through your faith. It is not due to yourselves; the gift is God’s.

CSB For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—

NLT God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

NIV For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—

CEV You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve. This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own.

ESV For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

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

LSB For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

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

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(7-10)Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish! We don’t play the major role. If we did, we’d probably go around bragging that we’d done the whole thing! No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.

NET For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

LSV for by grace you are saved, through faith, and this [is] not of yourselves—[it is] the gift of God,

FBV For you've been saved by grace through trusting in him—it's not through yourselves, it's the gift of God!

TCNT For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

T4T It is only by God acting [PRS] toward you in a way that you did not deserve that you have been saved {that he has saved you} as a result of your trusting in Christ. You did not save yourselves. His saving you was his gift to you.

LEB No LEB EPH book available

NRSV For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—

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

NAB For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God;

BBE Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

Moff No Moff EPH book available

Wymth For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit—

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

DRA For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God;

YLT for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you — of God the gift,

Drby For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is [fn]God's gift:

2.8 Elohim

RV for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
(for by grace have ye/you_all been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: )

SLT For by grace are ye saved through faith; and this not of you: the gift of God:

Wbstr For by grace are ye saved, through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

KJB-1769 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
(For by grace are ye/you_all saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: )

KJB-1611 For by grace are ye saued, through faith, and that not of your selues: it is the gift of God:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps EPH book available

Gnva For by grace are ye saued through faith, and that not of your selues: it is the gift of God,
(For by grace are ye/you_all saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God, )

Cvdl No Cvdl EPH book available

TNT For by grace are ye made safe thorowe fayth and that not of youre selves. For it is the gyfte of God
(For by grace are ye/you_all made safe through faith and that not of your(pl) selves. For it is the gyfte of God )

Wycl No Wycl EPH book available

Luth No Luth EPH book available

ClVg Gratia enim estis salvati per fidem, et hoc non ex vobis: Dei enim donum est:[fn]
(Gratia because you_are saveti through faith, and this not/no from vobis: of_God because a_gift/present/donation it_is: )

2.8 Et hoc non ex vobis, etc. Ne forte dicas: Promerui, ideo accepi. Non putes te promerendo accepisse. Gratia præcessit meritum tuum: non gratia ex merito, sed meritum ex gratia. Nam si gratia ex merito, emisti, non gratis accepisti. Omnia merita præcedit gratia, ut dona Dei consequantur merita mea.

2.8 And this not/no from to_you, etc. Don't perhaps say: Promerui, therefore/for_that_reason accepi. Not/No putes you(sg) promerendo to_have_received. Gratia precededt meritum your: not/no grace from merito, but meritum from grace. For/Surely when/but_if grace from merito, emisti, not/no for_free accepisti. Everything merits beforecedit grace, as gifts of_God consequantur merits my.

UGNT τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ πίστεως, καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν, Θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον;
(taʸ gar ⱪariti este sesōismenoi dia pisteōs, kai touto ouk ex humōn, Theou to dōron;)

SBL-GNT τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι ⸀διὰ πίστεως· καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν, θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον·
(taʸ gar ⱪariti este sesōismenoi ⸀dia pisteōs; kai touto ouk ex humōn, theou to dōron;)

RP-GNT τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν· θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον·
(taʸ gar ⱪariti este sesōismenoi dia taʸs pisteōs, kai touto ouk ex humōn; theou to dōron;)

TC-GNT τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ [fn]τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν· Θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον·
(taʸ gar ⱪariti este sesōismenoi dia taʸs pisteōs, kai touto ouk ex humōn; Theou to dōron; )

2:8 της ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

The connecting word For introduces a reason-result relationship. The reason is that the Ephesians had been saved by God and not by their own good works. The result is that people would see the grace of God to us in Christ. Use a phrase in your language that connects a reason to a result.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ πίστεως

¬the for ˱by˲_grace ˱you_all˲_are ˓having_been˒_saved through faith

If your language does not use this passive form, you can state this in active form. Alternate translation: [God saved you by grace because of your faith in him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι

¬the for ˱by˲_grace ˱you_all˲_are ˓having_been˒_saved

See how you translated this phrase in [Ephesians 2:5](../02/05.md).

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

τοῦτο

this

The pronoun this refers back to by grace you have been saved by faith.

Parallel EPH 2:8