Ephesians 2:10 (KJV)
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10 is verse of the day number 329 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “God's workmanship”. It comes from Ephesians 2, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.
Ephesians 2:10 in other translations
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 Standard Bible (BSB)
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Ephesians 2:10 in context
Ephesians 2:7–13 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
11Wherefore 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;
12That 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:
13But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Cross-references for Ephesians 2:10
Passages most often linked to Ephesians 2:10, strongest connections first.
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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:
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
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:
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
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