Ephesians 2.8,“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”
Another way to read 2.8b would be, “and this does not originate from you.” Baugh points out there is a temptation to read this as pointing to faith. This would read “this faith is not your own doing – it is the gift of God.” What is not our own doing? Is it God’s grace? Our salvation? Our faith? All of it? Baugh believes that the whole event (“being saved by grace through faith”) is God’s gift.
Rather than quoting a quote about obscure Greek grammar, I want to look at some of the examples that Baugh gives.
Eph 5.5, For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater)…
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