Ephesians 2:10 KJV — MannaFest

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

KJV

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ASV

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

WEB

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

YLT

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

DBT

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, whichGod has before prepared that we should walk in them.

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Ephesians — The cosmic letter. Chapters 1–3 set out what believers are in Christ — positional truth stretching from before the foundation to the fullness of times. Chapters 4–6 call the believer to walk worthy of it.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 60–62, from Roman imprisonment

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Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Colossians 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;
Hebrews 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.
2 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.
2 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:

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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: 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

2Co 5:5, 17). unto good works--"for good works." "Good works" cannot be performed until we are new "created unto" them. Paul never calls the works of the law "good works." We are not saved by, but created unto, good works. before ordained--Greek, "before made ready" (compare Joh 5:36).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

For we are his workmanship - Which proves both that salvation is by faith, and that faith is the gift of God. Created unto good works - That afterwards we might give ourselves to them.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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EPH 2:102CO 5:17 EZE 36:26
EPH 2:102CO 5:17 EPH 4:22-24
EPH 2:10PHP 2:13 HEB 13:21
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EPH 2:102CO 5:17 ISA 43:18-19
EPH 2:102CO 5:17 JHN 3:3
EPH 2:102CO 5:17 PSA 51:10
EPH 2:10PHP 2:13 2CO 3:5
EPH 2:102CO 9:8 EPH 3:20

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