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Ephesians 2:10

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8 For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

11 Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—

12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

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BSB
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
KJV
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
WEB
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
ASV
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
DARBY
For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.
BLB
For we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
ÅB
For vi er hans verk, skapt i Kristus Jesus til gode gjerninger, som Gud forut har lagt ferdige, at vi skulle vandre i dem.
OTB
For vi er Hans verk, skapt i Kristus Jesus til gode gjerninger, som Gud forut har lagt ferdige for at vi skulle vandre i dem.
B1930
For vi er hans verk, skapt i Kristus Jesus til gode gjerninger, som Gud forut har lagt ferdige, at vi skulde vandre i dem.

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