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 most solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

Apollos and I are simply fellow workers for and with God, and you are *God's* field-- *God's* building.

And He who formed us with this very end in view is God, who has given us His Spirit as a pledge and foretaste of that bliss.

For of this I am confident, that He who has begun a good work within you will go on to perfect it in preparation for the day of Jesus Christ.

For it is God Himself whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will and also brings about the accomplishment of the desire.

fully equip you with every grace that you may need for the doing of His will, producing in us that which will truly please Him through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

Good

Just so let your light shine before all men, in order that they may see your holy lives and may give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.

Among the disciples at Jaffa was a woman called Tabitha, or, as the name may be translated, 'Dorcas.' Her life was wholly devoted to the good and charitable actions which she was constantly doing.

And God is able to bestow every blessing on you in abundance, so that richly enjoying all sufficiency at all times, you may have ample means for all good works.

so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.

comfort your hearts and make you stedfast in every good work and word.

but--as befits women making a claim to godliness--with the ornament of good works.

She must have been true to her one husband, and well reported of for good deeds, as having brought up children, received strangers hospitably, washed the feet of God's people, given relief to the distressed, and devoted herself to good works of every kind.

They must be beneficent, rich in noble deeds, open-handed and liberal;

If therefore a man keeps himself clear of these latter, he himself will be for specially honourable use, consecrated, fit for the Master's service, and fully equipped for every good work.

so that the man of God may himself be complete and may be perfectly equipped for every good work.

and above all make your own life a pattern of right conduct, having in your teaching no taint of insincerity, but a serious tone,

Remind people that they must submit to the rulers who are in authority over them; that they must obey the magistrates, be prepared for every right action,

And let us bestow thought on one another with a view to arousing one another to brotherly love and right conduct;

fully equip you with every grace that you may need for the doing of His will, producing in us that which will truly please Him through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory to the Ages of the Ages! Amen.

Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.

Walk

which were once habitual to you while you walked in the ways of this world and obeyed the Prince of the powers of the air, the spirits that are now at work in the hearts of the sons of disobedience--to you God has given Life.

I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received--

The Church, however, throughout the whole of Judaea, Galilee and Samaria, had peace and was spiritually built up; and grew in numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and receiving encouragement from the Holy Spirit.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;

But if we live in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.

The man who professes to be continuing in Him is himself also bound to live as He lived.

General references

In piety and uprightness before Him all our days.