Ephesians 2:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσωσμένοι διὰ τῆς πίστεως· καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν: Θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον:

Transliteration

For the chariti you are sesōsmenoi through the pisteōs; and this not from you: of Theou the dōron

Grammar Details

• *chariti*: dative singular feminine - grace/favor
• *sesōsmenoi*: perfect passive participle, nominative plural masculine - having been saved
• *pisteōs*: genitive singular feminine - faith/belief/trust
• *Theou*: genitive singular masculine - God
• *dōron*: nominative singular neuter - gift/present

Word Meanings

• *chariti*: grace/favor/kindness
• *sesōsmenoi*: having been saved/rescued/delivered
• *pisteōs*: faith/belief/trust/faithfulness
• *dōron*: gift/present/offering

Referenced Verses

• Eph 2:5 : 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ,(by grace ye are saved;)
• Rom 3:22-26 : 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
• Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; 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,
• Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
• Acts 16:31 : 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
• Rom 10:9-9 : 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
• Mark 16:16 : 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
• John 1:12-13 : 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
• John 6:37 : 37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
• John 6:44 : 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
• Luke 7:50 : 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
• John 5:24 : 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
• John 6:27-29 : 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
• John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
• Gal 3:14 : 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
• Gal 3:22 : 22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• John 6:35 : 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
• Acts 13:39 : 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
• Acts 14:27 : 27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
• John 6:65 : 65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
• John 3:14-18 : 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
• Col 2:12 : 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
• Rom 10:17 : 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
• 1 John 5:10-12 : 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
• 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
• Eph 1:19 : 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
• Rom 10:14 : 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
• Rom 4:5 : 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
• John 6:40 : 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
• Acts 15:7-9 : 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• Matt 16:17 : 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
• Phil 1:29 : 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Acts 16:14 : 14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.