Ephesians 2:10 — Community Reflections

EPHESIANS 2:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

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

For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do — the paradox: salvation is not by works (v. 9) but believers are poiēma ('crafted work,' opus, masterpiece) of God, created en Christō ('in Christ') for good works (ergon agathon), which God has proetoimazō ('prepared beforehand'), restoring works to their proper place as the fruit rather than root of salvation.

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Elena PetrovaNote1mo ago

Crafted for Good Works Before Time

I spent forty years working in architecture, designing buildings meant to serve communities. Reading this verse late in life, I realized that Paul is describing something similar—that God has crafted ...