Ephesians 2:9
King James Version
“Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Context
6And hath raised up together, and made sit together in heavenly in Christ Jesus:
7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: the gift of God:
9Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
11Wherefore remember, that ye in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: