Ephesians 2:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

We are

Good

Walk

General references

Luke 1:75

Bible References

We are

"In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's harvest field, God's building.

And he who has prepared us for this change is God, who has also given us his Spirit as a pledge.

For of this I am confident, that he who began a good work in you will complete it in readiness for the Day of Jesus Christ.

Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work.

may God make you perfect in everything that is good, so that you may be able to do his will. May he bring out in us all that is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Good

Let your light so shine before the eyes of your fellow men, that, seeing your good actions, they may praise your Father who is in Heaven.

At Jaffa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek 'Dorcas'--a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.

God has power to shower all kinds of blessings upon you, so that, having, under all circumstances and on all occasions, all that you can need, you may be able to shower all kinds of benefits upon others.

Then you will live lives worthy of the Master, and so please God in every way. Your lives will be fruitful in every kind of good action, and your characters will grow through a fuller knowledge of God;

Console your hearts, and strengthen you to do and to say all that is right.

but--as is proper for women who profess to be religious--with good actions.

and be well spoken of for her kind actions. She should have brought up children, have shown hospitality to strangers, have washed the feet of her fellow Christians, have relieved those who were in distress, and devoted herself to every kind of good action.

Urge upon them to show kindness, to exhibit a wealth of good actions, to be open-handed and generous,

If, then, a man has escaped from the pollution of such errors as I have mentioned, he will be like a thing kept for better use, set apart, serviceable to its owner, ready for any good purpose.

so that the Servant of God may be perfect himself, and perfectly equipped for every good action.

Above all, set an example of doing good. Show sincerity in your teaching, and a serious spirit;

Remind your hearers to respect and obey the Powers that be, to be ready for every kind of good work, to speak ill of no one, to avoid quarreling,

Let us vie with one another in a rivalry of love and noble actions.

Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evil-doers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God 'at the time when he shall visit them.'

Walk

For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.

I urge you, then--I who am a prisoner in the Master's cause-- to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;

And so it came about that the Church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by reverence for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;

But, if our lives are lived in the Light, as God himself is in the Light, we have communion with one another, and the Blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.

General references

And should serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness, In his presence all our days.