Ephesians 2:10 Parallel Translations

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.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

BBE:

For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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

WEY:

For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.

WBS:

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to 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.

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.

Ephesians 2:10 Cross References

XREF:

Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus:

Ephesians 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Ephesians 2:6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:15 by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace,

Ephesians 4:1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

Ephesians 4:24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him--

Titus 2:14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:10 For we are {i} his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
(i) He speaks here of grace, and not of nature: therefore if the works are ever so good, see what they are, and know that they are that way because of grace.

PNT:

2:10 For we are his workmanship. It is God who saved us; as new creatures, he had made us through the gospel. We are not saved by works, but are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto good works, designed henceforth to abound in them.
Which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. It is his ordination that all who believe the gospel and are saved should practice good works. God has graciously quickened us, saved us, made us new creatures, and prepared us unto good works.

WES:

2:10 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. Which God had before preprepared - The occasions of them: so we must still ascribe the whole to God. That we might walk in them - Though not be justified by them.

MHC:

2:1-10 Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespasses and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it gives an awful feeling. A never-dying spirit is now fled, and has left nothing but the ruins of a man. But if we viewed things aright, we should be far more affected by the thought of a dead soul, a lost, fallen spirit. A state of sin is a state of conformity to this world. Wicked men are slaves to Satan. Satan is the author of that proud, carnal disposition which there is in ungodly men; he rules in the hearts of men. From Scripture it is clear, that whether men have been most prone to sensual or to spiritual wickedness, all men, being naturally children of disobedience, are also by nature children of wrath. What reason have sinners, then, to seek earnestly for that grace which will make them, of children of wrath, children of God and heirs of glory! God's eternal love or good-will toward his creatures, is the fountain whence all his mercies flow to us; and that love of God is great love, and that mercy is rich mercy. And every converted sinner is a saved sinner; delivered from sin and wrath. The grace that saves is the free, undeserved goodness and favour of God; and he saves, not by the works of the law, but through faith in Christ Jesus. Grace in the soul is a new life in the soul. A regenerated sinner becomes a living soul; he lives a life of holiness, being born of God: he lives, being delivered from the guilt of sin, by pardoning and justifying grace. Sinners roll themselves in the dust; sanctified souls sit in heavenly places, are raised above this world, by Christ's grace. The goodness of God in converting and saving sinners heretofore, encourages others in after-time, to hope in his grace and mercy. Our faith, our conversion, and our eternal salvation, are not of works, lest any man should boast. These things are not brought to pass by any thing done by us, therefore all boasting is shut out. All is the free gift of God, and the effect of being quickened by his power. It was his purpose, to which he prepared us, by blessing us with the knowledge of his will, and his Holy Spirit producing such a change in us, that we should glorify God by our good conversation, and perseverance in holiness. None can from Scripture abuse this doctrine, or accuse it of any tendency to evil. All who do so, are without excuse.

CONC:

Act Advance Afore Beforehand Christ Created Existence God's Handiwork Ordained Practise Pre-destined Prepare Prepared Ready Walk Workmanship Works

Act Advance Afore Beforehand Christ Created Existence God's Good Handiwork Jesus Ordained Practise Pre-Destined Prepare Prepared Ready Walk Workmanship Works

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