Ephesians 2:10
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Read in contextColossians 1:10
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Read in contextHebrews 13:21
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Read in context2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Read in contextPhilippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Read in contextEphesians 4:24
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:17
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
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