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Forγάρwe areἐσμενhisαὐτοῦworkmanship,ποίημαcreatedκτισθέντεςinἐνthe MessiahΧριστῷJesusἸησοῦforἐπὶgoodἀγαθοῖςworks,ἔργοιςwhichοἷςGodὁ θεὸςprepared beforehandπροητοίμασενso thatἵναwe might walkπεριπατήσωμενinἐνthem.αὐτοῖς
Ephesians 2:10
Study it in the app“For we are his workmanship, created in the Messiah Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we might walk in them.”
We are God's workmanship, created for good worksPurpose
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 2:10, word by word
- we areἐσμενesmen
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esmen” appears- workmanshipποίημαpoiēma
what is made, work
Something made, a work: what someone has made.
Where else “poiēma” appears- createdκτισθέντεςktisthentes
create
Create.
Where else “ktisthentes” appears- the MessiahΧριστῷChristōi
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appears- JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- goodἀγαθοῖςagathois
good deed
What is done for others' benefit and pleases God.
Where else “agathois” appears- worksἔργοιςergois
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “ergois” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- prepared beforehandπροητοίμασενproētoimasen
prepare beforehand
Prepare beforehand, make ready in advance.
Where else “proētoimasen” appears- we might walkπεριπατήσωμενperipatēsōmen
live
To live in a certain way: "walk in love".
Where else “peripatēsōmen” appears
The context
9not from works, so that no one may boast.
10 · This verse (above)
11Therefore remember that once you, the nations in the flesh, who were called “uncircumcision” by what is called “circumcision,” in the flesh, made by hands—
To study Ephesians 2 in a group
1. What it says
How does Paul describe what we were before and what God did for us (v. 1-5)?
2. What it means
Paul says we are saved by grace and created for good works (v. 8-10). How do these two things fit together?
3. How I live it
The chapter speaks of people once far off who are now near (v. 13-19). Whom could you draw near to today, with respect and kindness?