Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. New Living Translation For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. English Standard Version For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Berean Standard Bible For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life. Berean Literal Bible For we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. King James Bible For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. New King James Version For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. New American Standard Bible For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. NASB 1995 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. NASB 1977 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Legacy Standard Bible For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Amplified Bible For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us]. Christian Standard Bible For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do. Holman Christian Standard Bible For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them. American Standard Version For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them. Aramaic Bible in Plain English For we are his creatures who are created in Yeshua The Messiah for good works, those things which God had from the first prepared that we should walk in them. Contemporary English Version God planned for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live. This is why he sent Christ to make us what we are. Douay-Rheims Bible For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them. English Revised Version For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them. GOD'S WORD® Translation God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do. Good News Translation God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do. International Standard Version For we are God's masterpiece, created in the Messiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our way of life. Literal Standard Version for we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus on good works, which God prepared before, that we may walk in them. Majority Standard Bible For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life. New American Bible For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them. NET Bible For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them. New Revised Standard Version For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. New Heart English Bible For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. Webster's Bible Translation For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Weymouth New Testament For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise. World English Bible For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them. Young's Literal Translation for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Alive with Christ…9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life. 11Therefore 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)—… Cross References Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Isaiah 19:25 The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance." Isaiah 29:23 For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel. Isaiah 43:7 everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made." Galatians 6:15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation. Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 1:4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love Treasury of Scripture For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. we are. Deuteronomy 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? Psalm 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Psalm 138:8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. created. Ephesians 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 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. good. Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Acts 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. 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: which. Ephesians 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. ordained. Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, Deuteronomy 5:33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. Jump to Previous Act Advance Afore Beforehand Christ Created Existence God's Good Handiwork Jesus Ordained Practise Pre-Destined Prepare Prepared Ready Walk Workmanship WorksJump to Next Act Advance Afore Beforehand Christ Created Existence God's Good Handiwork Jesus Ordained Practise Pre-Destined Prepare Prepared Ready Walk Workmanship WorksEphesians 2 1. By comparing what we were by nature, with what we are by grace,10. he declares that we are made for good works: and being brought near by Christ, 19. should not live as Gentiles and foreigners, but as citizens with the saints, and the family of God. (10) We are his workmanship.--This verse, on the contrary, is unique and remarkable, characteristic of the idea with which this Epistle starts--the election and predestination of God, making us what we are--and applying it very strikingly, not only to the first regeneration, but even to the good works which follow it. The word rendered "workmanship" is only used elsewhere in Romans 1:20, where it is applied to the "works" of God in creation. Probably here also it does not exclude our first creation. We are His wholly and absolutely. But the next clause shows that St. Paul refers especially to the "new creation" in Christ Jesus. Created in Christ Jesus.--This creation, when spoken of distinctively, is the "new creation" (2Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15); as, indeed, is the case below (Ephesians 2:15), "to create in Himself . . . one new man." In this passage, however, St. Paul dwells, not on distinction from the old creation, but rather on analogy to it; in both we are simply God's creatures. Unto good works.--Properly, on the basis (or, condition) of good works (as in Galatians 5:13; 1Thessalonians 4:17; 2Timothy 2:14). The good works, in themselves future, being (as the next clause shows) contemplated as already existent in God's foreknowledge, and as an inseparable characteristic of the regenerate life. . . . Verse 10. - For we are his workmanship. Another illustration and evidence of grace. We have to be fashioned anew by God before we can do anything aright (see 2 Corinthians 5:17). Anything right in us is not the cause of grace, but its fruit. There seems to be no special reason for the change from the second to the first person. Created in Christ Jesus for good works. So little inward capacity had we for such works, that we required to be created in Christ Jesus in order that we might do them. The inward new birth of the soul is indicated. When good works were required, this gracious change had to be wrought to secure them. The purpose of the new creation is to produce them. Christ "gave himself for us, to redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people of his own, zealous of good works." It is not good works first, and grace after; but grace first, and good works after (see Titus 2:11, 14). Which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. A further proof of the true origin of good works. They are the subjects of a Divine decree. Before the foundation of the world it was ordained that whoever should be saved by grace should walk in good works. The term "walk," here denotes the habitual tenor of the life; it is to be spent in an atmosphere of good works. Here we have one of the Divine safeguards against the abuse of the doctrine of salvation by grace. When men hear of salvation irrespective of works, they are apt to fancy that works are of little use, and do not need to be carefully attended to. On the contrary, they are part of the Divine decree, and if we are not living a life of good works, we have no reason to believe that we have been saved by grace.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγάρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. we are ἐσμεν (esmen) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. [God’s] αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. workmanship, ποίημα (poiēma) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 4161: A thing made, a work, workmanship. From poieo; a product, i.e. Fabric. created κτισθέντες (ktisthentes) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 2936: To create, form, shape, make, always of God. Probably akin to ktaomai; to fabricate, i.e. Found. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Christ Χριστῷ (Christō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. Jesus Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. to do ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. good ἀγαθοῖς (agathois) Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural Strong's 18: A primary word; 'good'. works, ἔργοις (ergois) Noun - Dative Neuter Plural Strong's 2041: From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. which οἷς (hois) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Plural Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. prepared in advance προητοίμασεν (proētoimasen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4282: To prepare or appoint beforehand, predestine. From pro and hetoimazo; to fit up in advance. as ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. our way of life. περιπατήσωμεν (peripatēsōmen) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow. Links Ephesians 2:10 NIVEphesians 2:10 NLT Ephesians 2:10 ESV Ephesians 2:10 NASB Ephesians 2:10 KJV Ephesians 2:10 BibleApps.com Ephesians 2:10 Biblia Paralela Ephesians 2:10 Chinese Bible Ephesians 2:10 French Bible Ephesians 2:10 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship created (Ephes. Eph. Ep) |
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