Ephesians 2:10

Ephesians 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• New International Version (NIV)For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Context of Ephesians 2:10

8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. 11Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands-- 12remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Ephesians 2:10 word by word

αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν ποίημα κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς οἷς προητοίμασεν ὁ θεός, ἵνα ἐν αὐτοῖς περιπατήσωμεν.¶Read the interlinear

• For we are His workmanshipποίημαpoiēma · workmanshipG4161
• createdκτίζωktizō · to createG2936
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• goodἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• worksἔργονergon · workG2041
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• preparedπροετοιμάζωproetoimazō · to prepareG4282
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• walkπεριπατέωperipateō · to walkG4043

Cross-references for Ephesians 2:10

• Deuteronomy 32:6Do you thus repay the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
• Psalms 100:3Know that the Lord Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
• Psalms 138:8The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
• Isaiah 19:25whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”
• Isaiah 29:23But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, They will sanctify My name; Indeed, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
• Isaiah 43:21The people whom I formed for Myself Will declare My praise.
• Isaiah 44:21“Remember these things, O Jacob, And Israel, for you are My servant; I have formed you, you are My servant, O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me.
• Isaiah 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; They will possess the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified.
• Isaiah 61:3To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
• Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
• Jeremiah 32:39and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
• John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
• 1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
• 2 Corinthians 5:5Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.
• Philippians 1:6For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
• Philippians 2:13for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

Commentaries on Ephesians 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10For we are his workmanship - So far is this salvation from being our own work, or granted for our own works' sake, that we are ourselves not only the creatures of God, but our new creation was produced by his power; for we are created in Christ Jesus unto good works. He has saved us that we may show forth the virtues of Him who called us from darkness into his marvelous light. For though we are not saved for our good works, yet we are saved that we may…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For we are his workmanship - We are his “making” - ́ poiēmaThat is, we are “created or formed” by him, not only in the general sense in which all things are made by him, but in that special sense which is denoted by the new creation; see the notes at 2 Corinthians 5:17. Whatever of peace, or hope, or purity we have, has been produced by his agency on the soul. There cannot be conceived to be a stronger expression to denote the agency of God in the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works: Good works are the results of salvation. Good works do not cause salvation. God’s Spirit, working through a transformed heart, produces a good life (Galatians 5:22–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. workmanship--literally, "a thing of His making"; "handiwork." Here the spiritual creation, not the physical, is referred to (Ep 2:8, 9). created--having been created (Ep 4:24; Psa 102:18; Is 43:21; 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…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 2:10

• Atonement
• Character
• Election
• Obedience
• Predestination
• Regeneration
• Righteous
• Salvation
• Works

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• God
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Christ, Jesus
• Afar
• Alien
• Create

Commentaries on Ephesians 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings