Ephesians 2:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} we are{G2070} his{G846} workmanship,{G4161} created{G2936} in{G1722} Christ{G5547} Jesus{G2424} for{G1909} good{G18} works,{G2041} which{G3739} God{G2316} afore prepared{G4282} that{G2443} we should walk{G4043} in{G1722} them.{G846}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} we are{G2070}{(G5748)} his{G846} workmanship{G4161}, created{G2936}{(G5685)} in{G1722} Christ{G5547} Jesus{G2424} unto{G1909} good{G18} works{G2041}, which{G3739} God{G2316} hath before ordained{G4282}{(G5656)} that{G2443} we should walk{G4043}{(G5661)} in{G1722} them{G846}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For we are his worckmanshippe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes vnto the which god ordeyned vs before that we shuld walke in them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For we are his workmanshippe, created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes, to ye which God ordeyned vs before, that we shulde walke in them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes, which God hath ordeined, that we should walke in them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes, whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

  • Col 1:10 : 10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Eph 4:24 : 24 And that you put on the new man, which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,
  • 2 Cor 9:8 : 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work:
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 According as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love:
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ:
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
  • 2 Tim 3:17 : 17 That the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for all good works.
  • Ps 100:3 : 3 Know that the LORD, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
  • Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
  • Titus 3:14 : 14 And let our people also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
  • 2 Tim 2:21 : 21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
  • 1 Pet 2:12 : 12 Having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
  • Titus 2:7 : 7 In all things showing yourself a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, dignity, sincerity,
  • Isa 43:21 : 21 This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.
  • Col 3:10 : 10 And have put on the new self, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him who created him.
  • John 3:21 : 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
  • Acts 9:36 : 36 Now there was in Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and charitable deeds which she did.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law within them, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • 1 Tim 2:10 : 10 But what is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.
  • 1 Tim 6:18 : 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share;
  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.
  • 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
  • Heb 10:24 : 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
  • 1 Tim 5:25 : 25 Likewise, the good works of some are clearly evident, and those that are otherwise cannot be hidden.
  • Titus 3:1 : 1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work,
  • Isa 44:21 : 21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten by me.
  • Isa 60:21 : 21 Also your people shall all be righteous; they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
  • Ps 119:3 : 3 They also do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
  • Isa 29:23 : 23 But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.
  • 2 Thess 2:17 : 17 Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.
  • 2 Cor 5:5 : 5 Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
  • Isa 19:25 : 25 whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, 'Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.'
  • Ps 138:8 : 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.
  • Deut 5:33 : 33 You shall walk in all the ways 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 shall possess.
  • Ps 51:10 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
  • Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
  • John 3:3-6 : 3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 Well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
  • Ps 81:13 : 13 Oh, that my people would have listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
  • Deut 32:6 : 6 Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father who has bought you? Has he not made you, and established you?
  • Isa 2:3-5 : 3 And many people shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 4 And He shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. 5 O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

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    1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

    2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:

    3 Among whom also we all had our conduct in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

    4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

    5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)

    6 And raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

    7 That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

    8 For by grace you are saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

    9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

  • Eph 1:3-12
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    3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ:

    4 According as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love:

    5 Having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

    6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

    7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;

    8 Which He has lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding;

    9 Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself:

    10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times, He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in Him:

    11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will:

    12 That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ.

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    11 Therefore, remember that you being in times past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

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    9 Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

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    5 Now he who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

  • Titus 3:5
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    5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

  • 1 Cor 3:9
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    9 For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.

  • Eph 3:11
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    11 According to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

  • Phil 2:13
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    13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.

  • Col 1:10
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    10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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    24 And that you put on the new man, which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

  • Rom 9:23
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    23 And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

  • Eph 1:14
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    14 Who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,

  • Eph 1:19-20
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    19 And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,

    20 Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

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    10 And have put on the new self, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him who created him.

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    15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

    16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by the faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

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    14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.

  • Jas 1:18
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    18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

  • Col 1:29
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    29 To this end I also labor, striving according to his working, which works mightily in me.

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30 But of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—

  • Acts 15:18
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    18 Known to God are all His works from the beginning of the world.

  • Eph 2:21-22
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    21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to a holy temple in the Lord:

    22 In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

  • Rom 3:9
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    9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

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    15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

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    8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

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    10 Finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

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    10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.