8,9 (Romans 3:27; see EGW comment on Luke 17:10; Romans 3:20-31). Boasting Out of Place
[Ephesians 2:8, 9 quoted.] Human beings are in continual danger of boasting, of exalting self. Thus they reveal their weakness.... The great change that is seen in the life of a sinner after his conversion is not brought about through any human goodness; therefore all human boasting is entirely out of place (Manuscript 36, 1904).