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Ephesians 2:8
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KJ21
For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God—
ASV
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
AMP
For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;
AMPC
For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;
BRG
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
CSB
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—
CSBA
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift – 
CEB
You are saved by God’s grace because of your faith. This salvation is God’s gift. It’s not something you possessed.
CJB
For you have been delivered by grace through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but God’s gift.
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.
DARBY
For ye are saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift:
DLNT
For by grace you are saved through faith. And this is not from you. 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;
ERV
I mean that you have been saved by grace because you believed. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.
EASY
When you believed in Jesus, God saved you because he is very kind. You could not save yourselves, but that is God's gift to you.
EHV
Indeed, it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
ESV
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
ESVUK
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
EXB
·I mean that [or For; Because] you have been saved by grace through ·believing [faith]. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.
GNV
For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,
GW
God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God.
GNT
For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.
HCSB
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—
ICB
I mean that you have been saved by grace because you believe. You did not save yourselves. It was a gift from God.
ISV
For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God
PHILLIPS
But even though we were dead in our sins God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, gave us life together with Christ—it is, remember, by grace and not by achievement that you are saved—and has lifted us right out of the old life to take our place with him in Christ in the Heavens. Thus he shows for all time the tremendous generosity of the grace and kindness he has expressed towards us in Christ Jesus. It was nothing you could or did achieve—it was God’s gift to you. No one can pride himself upon earning the love of God. The fact is that what we are we owe to the hand of God upon us. We are born afresh in Christ, and born to do those good deeds which God planned for us to do.
JUB
For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,
KJV
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
AKJV
For by grace are ye 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;
LEB
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
TLB
Because of his kindness, you have been saved through trusting Christ. And even trusting is not of yourselves; it too is a gift from God.
MSG
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.
MEV
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves. It is the gift of God,
MOUNCE
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
NOG
God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God.
NABRE
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God;
NASB
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
NASB1995
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
NCB
For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith. This has not come from you but from the gift of God.
NCV
I mean that you have been saved by grace through believing. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.
NET
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;
NIRV
God’s grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn’t come from anything you do. It is God’s gift.
NIV
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
NIVUK
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, 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,
NLV
For by His loving-favor you have been saved from the punishment of sin through faith. It is not by anything you have done. It is a gift of God.
NLT
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.
NMB
For by grace you are saved, through faith – and that not of yourselves. For it is the gift of God,
NRSVA
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—
NRSVACE
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—
NRSVCE
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—
NRSVUE
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—
NTFE
How has this all come about? You have been saved by grace, through faith! This doesn’t happen on your own initiative; it’s God’s gift.
OJB
For by unmerited Chen v’Chesed Hashem you have been delivered from Hashem’s Mishpat (Judgment) and granted a share in the Geulah (Redemption), through emunah; and this is not [an einfal (intuitive idea)] of yourselves, it is a matnat Hashem (gift of G-d);
RGT
For by grace are you saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves. It is the gift from God
RSV
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God—
RSVCE
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God—
TLV
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not from yourselves—it is the gift of God.
VOICE
For it’s by God’s grace that you have been saved. You receive it through faith. It was not our plan or our effort. It is God’s gift, pure and simple. You didn’t earn it, not one of us did, so don’t go around bragging that you must have done something amazing.
WEB
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
WE
You have been saved by God's love and kindness because you believed. It was not because of anything you did, but it was a gift from God.
WYC
For by grace ye be saved by faith, and this not of you [and that not of you]; 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,
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