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Ephesians 2:9
The 2026 edition cites 2 passages containing Ephesians 2:9, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Ephesians 2:7-9
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 67
Effectual calling is the work of God’s almighty power and grace, whereby (out of his free and special love to his elect, and from nothing in them moving him…
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 2
- CF 10.2
This effectual call is of God’s free and special grace alone, not from anything at all foreseen in man, who is altogether passive therein, until being…
- CF 16.5
We cannot, by our best works, merit pardon of sin, or eternal life at the hand of God, by reason of the great disproportion that is between them and the glory…