God & Savior

Ephesians 2:10

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
Ephesians 2:10
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We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to walk in.

Explanation

Salvation is not by works (2:9), but it is for good works. God has made believers new in Christ, and He has prepared a way of life of good works for them.

Original language
  • ποίημα (poiēma): workmanship
    Greek · Noun, nominative, singular, neuter · Strong's G4161 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Workmanship, what is made (poiēma).

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 2:10, word 4

  • κτισθέντες (ktisthentes): to create
    Greek · Verb, aorist, passive, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · Strong's G2936 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Having been created.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 2:10, word 5

  • ἔργοις (ergois): work
    Greek · Noun, dative, plural, neuter · Strong's G2041 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Works.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 2:10, word 10

  • ἀγαθοῖς (agathois): good-doer
    Greek · Adjective, dative, plural, neuter · Strong's G0018 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Good.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 2:10, word 11

  • προητοίμασεν (proētoimasen): to prepare
    Greek · Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · Strong's G4282 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Prepared beforehand.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 2:10, word 13

  • περιπατήσωμεν (peripatēsōmen): to walk
    Greek · Verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 1st person plural · Strong's G4043 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    We may walk: live.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Ephesians 2:10, word 19

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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

αὐτοῦ γάρ ἐσμεν ποίημα κτισθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς οἷς προητοίμασεν ὁ θεός, ἵνα ἐν αὐτοῖς περιπατήσωμεν.

  1. αὐτοῦautou“Of Him”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  2. γάρgar“for”
    Conjunction · “for” · Strong's G1063
  3. ἐσμενesmen“we are”
    Verb, present, active, indicative, 1st person plural · from εἰμί · “to be” · Strong's G1510
  4. ποίημαpoiēma“workmanship”
    Noun, nominative, singular, neuter · “workmanship” · Strong's G4161
  5. κτισθέντεςktisthentes“having been created”
    Verb, aorist, passive, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from κτίζω · “to create” · Strong's G2936
  6. ἐνen“in”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  7. ΧριστῷChristō“Christ”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from Χριστός · “Christ” · Strong's G5547
  8. ἸησοῦIēsou“Jesus”
    Noun, dative, singular, masculine · from Ἰησοῦς · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  9. ἐπὶepi“for”
    Preposition · from ἐπί · “upon/to/against” · Strong's G1909
  10. ἔργοιςergois“works”
    Noun, dative, plural, neuter · from ἔργον · “work” · Strong's G2041
  11. ἀγαθοῖςagathois“good”
    Adjective, dative, plural, neuter · from ἀγαθός · “good-doer” · Strong's G0018
  12. οἷςhois“which”
    Relative pronoun, dative, plural, neuter · from ὅς, ἥ · “which” · Strong's G3739
  13. προητοίμασενproētoimasen“prepared beforehand”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from προετοιμάζω · “to prepare” · Strong's G4282
  14. ὁho“<the>”
    Article, nominative, singular, masculine · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  15. θεός,theos“God,”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · from θεός · “God” · Strong's G2316
  16. ἵναina“that”
    Conjunction · “in order that/to” · Strong's G2443
  17. ἐνen“in”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  18. αὐτοῖςautois“them”
    Personal pronoun, dative, plural, neuter · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  19. περιπατήσωμεν.peripatēsōmen“we may walk.”
    Verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 1st person plural · from περιπατέω · “to walk” · Strong's G4043
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)