Eph 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithand this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
Here’s my explanation of Ephesians 2:8-9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxM6ZhV-Ers
Also, don’t forget the very next verse... “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10, NASB translation)