Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.

International Standard Version

For we are God's masterpiece, created in the Messiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our way of life.

A Conservative Version

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God preordained that we should walk in them.

American Standard Version

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

Amplified

For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].

An Understandable Version

For we [Christians] are the product of God's workmanship, [re-] created in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus for [the purpose of] doing good deeds. God had previously determined that this should be our practice.

Anderson New Testament

For we are his workman ship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.

Bible in Basic English

For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.

Common New Testament

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we would walk in them.

Daniel Mace New Testament

for he hath made us a-new, and form'd us by Christ Jesus to do good works, for which God had before prepared us, that we might live in them.

Darby Translation

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.

Godbey New Testament

for we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.

Goodspeed New Testament

For he has made us, creating us through our union with Christ Jesus for the life of goodness which God had predestined us to live.

John Wesley New Testament

For we are his workmanship, created through Christ Jesus unto good works, which God had before prepared, that we might walk in them.

Julia Smith Translation

For we are his work, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.,

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

For we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we may walk in them.

Modern King James verseion

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Moffatt New Testament

God has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus for the good deeds which are prepared beforehand by God as our sphere of action.

Montgomery New Testament

for we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good deeds, which God predestined us to make our daily way of life.

NET Bible

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.

New Heart English Bible

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

for we are his creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, in which God before appointed that we should walk.

The Emphasized Bible

His, in fact we are - his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus upon a footing of good works, which God prepared beforehand, that, therein, we might walk.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

for we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God hath before prepared us, that we should walk therein.

Twentieth Century New Testament

For we are God's handiwork, created, by our union with Christ Jesus, for the good actions in doing which God had pre-arranged that we should spend our lives.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.

Williams New Testament

For He has made us what we are, because He has created us through our union with Christ Jesus for doing good deeds which He beforehand planned for us to do.

World English Bible

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Worrell New Testament

for we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.

Worsley New Testament

created in Christ Jesus unto good works, for which God before prepared us, that we might walk in them.

Youngs Literal Translation

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

we are
ἐσμέν 
Esmen 
Usage: 50

his

Usage: 0

ποίημα 
Poiema 
Usage: 2

κτίζω 
Ktizo 
Usage: 13

in
ἐν 
En 
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128
Usage: 2128

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

G18
ἀγαθός 
Agathos 
Usage: 70

ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

προετοιμάζω 
Proetoimazo 
Usage: 2

ἵνα 
Hina 
that, to,
Usage: 472

περιπατέω 
Peripateo 
walk, go, walk about, be occupied
Usage: 77

Devotionals

Devotionals about Ephesians 2:10

Devotionals containing Ephesians 2:10

Images Ephesians 2:10

Context Readings

Made Alive In Christ

9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. 11 Therefore 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—


Cross References

Ephesians 4:24

and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Psalm 100:3

Know 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.

Ephesians 1:4

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love

Ephesians 4:1

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called,

Colossians 1:10

so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

1 Corinthians 3:9

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

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

Philippians 1:6

For 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 2:13

for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

Colossians 3:10

and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—

2 Thessalonians 2:17

comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.

1 Timothy 6:18

Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,

2 Timothy 2:21

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:17

so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

Titus 2:7

in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified,

Titus 3:1

Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed,

Titus 3:8

This is a trustworthy statement; and concerning these things I want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed God will be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and profitable for men.

Titus 3:14

Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

Hebrews 10:24

and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,

1 Peter 2:12

Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Deuteronomy 32:6

“Do 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.

Psalm 119:3

They also do no unrighteousness;
They walk in His ways.

Isaiah 19:25

whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”

Isaiah 29:23

But 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 43:21

“The 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 60:21

“Then 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 61:3

To 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 32:39-40

and 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 3:21

But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”

Acts 9:31

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

Acts 9:36

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.

1 John 1:7

but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Deuteronomy 5:33

You shall walk in all the way which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalm 81:13

“Oh that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

Psalm 138:8

The Lord will accomplish what concerns me;
Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Isaiah 2:3-5

And many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
That He may teach us concerning His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the law will go forth from Zion
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Matthew 5:16

Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

John 3:3-6

Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Romans 8:1

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:29

For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

2 Corinthians 5:5

Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.

Galatians 6:15

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.

1 Timothy 2:10

but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.

1 Timothy 5:10

having a reputation for good works; and if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has assisted those in distress, and if she has devoted herself to every good work.

1 Timothy 5:25

Likewise also, deeds that are good are quite evident, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed.

1 John 2:6

the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.

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