Ephesians 2:10

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Summary

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

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General references

Luke 1:75

Bible References

We are

Jesus answered him, I declare unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

For we are fellow labourers employed by God: you are his field, and his mansion.

now he that hath prepared us for this very state, is God, who hath given us the spirit as a pledge of it.

he who has begun this good work in you will bring it to perfection against the appearance of Christ. it is but just

for it is God that influences your desires and endeavours, out of his benevolence to you.

the sheep) make you perfect in every virtue, to the accomplishment of his will: effecting that in you by Jesus Christ, which is agreeable to him: to whom be glory thro' all ages.

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even so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father who is in heaven.

At Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, that is in Greek, Dorcas: this woman was very active in all the offices of benevolence and charity.

and God is able to make every charitable gift redound to your advantage; that being always sufficiently supply'd in every thing, you may excel in every good work:

that your conduct may be worthy of the Lord, in every respect agreeable to him, being friutful in every kind of virtue, and increasing in divine knowledge:

and establish you in all sound doctrine and virtue.

but, as becomes women, who make a profession of religion, to be adorn'd with virtue.

such as have been recommended by their good actions, by the education of their children, by their hospitality, by their officiousness to the faithful, by relieving the afflicted, and by the practice of every virtue.

to be beneficent, to be rich in good works, to be liberal to the common fund,

he that is clear of vice, is a vessel of the first kind, sanctified and fit for the master's use, and qualified for every virtuous action.

that the minister of God may be perfectly accomplished for every office of religion.

In all things show yourself a pattern of virtue: in teaching shewing uncorruptness,

Admonish them to be subject to princes and to magistrates, to obey their orders, and to exert their virtue and loyalty upon all occasions.

and let us animate one another to the mutual returns of love, and kind offices: not abandoning our assemblies,

the sheep) make you perfect in every virtue, to the accomplishment of his will: effecting that in you by Jesus Christ, which is agreeable to him: to whom be glory thro' all ages.

souls. Let your behaviour among the Gentiles be virtuous, that instead of inveighing against you as vicious, they may observe your honest behaviour,

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in which you formerly liv'd, influenc'd by the customs of this world, and by the prince of the aerial powers, the spirits that now actuate the incredulous:

I therefore the prisoner for the Lord, beseech you to live suitably to the offers that have been made to you:

Then the churches in all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, were unmolested and establish'd, and by their religious conduct, and the assistance of the holy spirit, grew more extensive.

Sentence of death therefore shall not pass upon those christians who do not lead a vicious life.

but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have society one with another, and the blood of his son Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin.

he that says he is attach'd to Christ, ought to regulate his conduct by his example.

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in the sincere practice of holiness and justice, all our days.