Ephesians 2:10
For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has prepared and in which we should walk.
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In Context
9And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:33For you shall walk in the way that the Lord your God has instructed, so that you may live, and it may be well with you, and your days may be extended in the land of your possession.’”
Psalms 51:10But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.
Psalms 100:3I will not display any unjust thing before my eyes. I have hated those carrying out betrayals.
Psalms 138:8If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near.
Isaiah 19:25which the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying: Blessed be my people of Egypt, and the work of my hands for the Assyrian, but Israel is my inheritance.
Isaiah 43:21This is the people whom I have formed for myself. They will speak my praise.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 2:5-11
The Change Wrought in the Ephesians. ( a. d. 61.) 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath 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 are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is… Read the whole commentary →