Further, as Paul reminds us in verse 8, even our faith is “not of [ourselves].” Even the ability to lean on Jesus is given to us by God’s grace! Faith, as we said above, is part of the spiritual blessing we receive when we are “made … alive together with Christ.” It is, as Paul puts it, “the gift of God”!1 Therefore it is surely clear that, even though our faith is required, salvation is still wholly God’s doing!2 Indeed we learn, in the final verse of this passage, that even our good works are God’s