Key Verse Spotlight
Ephesians 2:10 — Meaning and Application
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. {ordained: or, prepared}”
Ephesians 2:10
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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:
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