11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10 in 11 translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- ASV 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.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus on good works, which God prepared before, that we may walk in them.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- We're the product of what God does, created in Christ Jesus to do good, which God already planned that we should do.
- YLT Young’s 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.
- DBY 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.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| αὐτοῦ | autou | [God’s] | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| γάρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἐσμεν | esmen | we are | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ποίημα | poiēma | workmanship | G4161 ποίημα workmanship |
| κτισθέντες | ktisthentes | created | G2936 κτίζω to create |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| Χριστῷ | Christō | Christ | G5547 Χριστός Christ |
| Ἰησοῦ | Iēsou | Jesus | G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus |
| ἐπὶ | epi | to do | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| ἔργοις | ergois | works | G2041 ἔργον work |
| ἀγαθοῖς | agathois | good | G18 ἀγαθός good |
| οἷς | hois | which | G3739 ὅς which |
| προητοίμασεν | proētoimasen | prepared in advance | G4282 προετοιμάζω to prepare |
| ὁ | ho | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεὸς | Theos | God | G2316 θεός God |
| ἵνα | hina | as | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| ἐν | en | — | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | — | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| περιπατήσωμεν | peripatēsōmen | our way of life | G4043 περιπατέω to walk |
Related verses
- Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
- Colossians 1:10
that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- Hebrews 13:21
make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
- 2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.
- Philippians 1:6
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 4:24
and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
- 2 Timothy 3:17
that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
- Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
- 2 Timothy 2:21
If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, that no one would boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
11 Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision”, (in the flesh, made by hands);
12 that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Read all of Ephesians 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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