"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk …" — Ephesians 2:10

Ephesians 2:10 · KJV

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. {ordained: or, prepared}”

— Ephesians 2:10

Verse 9

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Verse 11

Wherefore remember, that ye {being} in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

Ephesians 2 — Context

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: {it is} the gift of God:

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

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

Wherefore remember, that ye {being} in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Cross References

Philippians 2:13

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of {his} good pleasure.

Colossians 1:10

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Hebrews 13:21

Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom {be} glory for ever and ever. Amen. {working: or, doing}

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if any man {be} in Christ, {he is} a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. {he is: or, let him be}

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God {is} able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all {things}, may abound to every good work:

Ephesians 4:24

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. {true...: or, holiness of truth}

Philippians 1:6

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform {it} until the day of Jesus Christ: {perform: or, finish}

2 Timothy 3:17

That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. {throughly...: or, perfected}