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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which Godn hath before κordained that we should walk in them.

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Eph. 1:4• ⁴According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: (Eph. 1:4)

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we are.

Deut. 32:6• ⁶Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? (Deut. 32:6)

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Psa. 100:3• ³Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. (Psa. 100:3)

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Psa. 138:8• ⁸The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. (Psa. 138:8)

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Isa. 19:25• ²⁵Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. (Isa. 19:25)

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Isa. 29:23• ²³But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. (Isa. 29:23)

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Isa. 43:21• ²¹This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise. (Isa. 43:21)

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Isa. 44:21• ²¹Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. (Isa. 44:21)

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Isa. 60:21• ²¹Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. (Isa. 60:21)

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Isa. 61:3• ³To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. (Isa. 61:3)

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Jer. 31:33• ³³But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Jer. 31:33)

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Jer. 32:39‑40• ³⁹And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
⁴⁰And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. (Jer. 32:39‑40)

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John 3:3‑6,21• ³Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
⁴Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
²¹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. (John 3:3‑6,21)

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1 Cor. 3:9• ⁹For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)

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2 Cor. 5:5,17• ⁵Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
¹⁷Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Cor. 5:5,17)

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Phil. 1:6• ⁶Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: (Phil. 1:6)

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Phil. 2:13• ¹³For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)

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Heb. 13:21• ²¹Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

created.

Eph. 4:24• ²⁴And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Eph. 4:24)

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Psa. 51:10• ¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. (Psa. 51:10)

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2 Cor. 5:17• ¹⁷Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Cor. 5:17)

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Gal. 6:15• ¹⁵For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. (Gal. 6:15)

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Col. 3:10• ¹⁰And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: (Col. 3:10)

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Matt. 5:16• ¹⁶Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matt. 5:16)

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Acts 9:36• ³⁶Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. (Acts 9:36)

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2 Cor. 9:8• ⁸And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: (2 Cor. 9:8)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

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2 Thess. 2:17• ¹⁷Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. (2 Thess. 2:17)

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1 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. (1 Tim. 2:10)

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1 Tim. 5:10,25• ¹⁰Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
²⁵Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid. (1 Tim. 5:10,25)

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1 Tim. 6:18• ¹⁸That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; (1 Tim. 6:18)

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2 Tim. 2:21• ²¹If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. (2 Tim. 2:21)

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2 Tim. 3:17• ¹⁷That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. (2 Tim. 3:17)

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Titus 2:7,14• ⁷In all things showing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
¹⁴Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:7,14)

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Titus 3:1,8,14• ¹Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
⁸This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
¹⁴And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. (Titus 3:1,8,14)

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Heb. 10:24• ²⁴And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: (Heb. 10:24)

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Heb. 13:21• ²¹Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

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1 Peter 2:12• ¹²Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:12)

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Eph. 1:4• ⁴According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: (Eph. 1:4)

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Rom. 8:29• ²⁹For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Rom. 8:29)

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walk.

Eph. 2:2• ²Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: (Eph. 2:2)

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Eph. 4:1• ¹I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, (Eph. 4:1)

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Deut. 5:33• ³³Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. (Deut. 5:33)

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Psa. 81:13• ¹³Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! (Psa. 81:13)

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Psa. 119:3• ³They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. (Psa. 119:3)

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Isa. 2:3‑5• ³And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
⁴And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
⁵O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord. (Isa. 2:3‑5)

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Acts 9:31• ³¹Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. (Acts 9:31)

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Rom. 8:1• ¹There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Rom. 8:1)

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1 John 1:7• ⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)

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1 John 2:6• ⁶He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. (1 John 2:6)

• Instead of being a question of our works, we are God's handiwork, the new creation for His own praise. (“Remarks on Ephesians 2:4-10” by W. Kelly)

• As the calling, and the purpose, and all that God thought about us were before the world was, so even the character of the believer's walk was ordained before ever we came into the world, and is in its own nature entirely above it. It is a question of our manifesting God aright, as He is now displaying Himself, “Be ye followers of God as dear children.” (“Remarks on Ephesians 2:4-10” by W. Kelly)

• It is not at all put as a question of command according to the law; but "God had before prepared," as a part of His wonderful scheme (“Ephesians 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.

W. Kelly Translation

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For his workmanship we are, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God before prepared that we should walk in them.