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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 has chosen us in him before the world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love; (Eph. 1:4)

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we are.

Deut. 32:6• ⁶Do ye thus requite Jehovah, Foolish and unwise people? 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 that Jehovah 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• ⁸Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands. (Psa. 138:8)

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Isa. 19:25• ²⁵whom Jehovah of hosts will 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• ²³for when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall hallow my name, and hallow 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 shew forth my praise. (Isa. 43:21)

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Isa. 44:21• ²¹Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant; I have formed thee: thou art my servant, 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 possess 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, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified. (Isa. 61:3)

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Jer. 31:33• ³³For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I 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 all their days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.
⁴⁰And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not draw back from them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not turn aside from me. (Jer. 32:39‑40)

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John 3:3‑6,21• ³Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born anew he cannot see the kingdom of God.
⁴Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?
⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born of water and of 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 practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in God. (John 3:3‑6,21)

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1 Cor. 3:9• ⁹For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)

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2 Cor. 5:5,17• ⁵Now he that has wrought us for this very thing is God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit.
¹⁷So if any one be in Christ, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new: (2 Cor. 5:5,17)

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Phil. 1:6• ⁶having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ's day: (Phil. 1:6)

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Phil. 2:13• ¹³for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)

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Heb. 13:21• ²¹perfect you in every good work to the doing of his will, doing in you what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

created.

Eph. 4:24• ²⁴and your having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness. (Eph. 4:24)

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

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2 Cor. 5:17• ¹⁷So if any one be in Christ, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new: (2 Cor. 5:17)

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Gal. 6:15• ¹⁵For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision; but new creation. (Gal. 6:15)

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Col. 3:10• ¹⁰and having put on the new, renewed into full knowledge according to the image of him that has created him; (Col. 3:10)

good.

Matt. 5:16• ¹⁶Let your light thus shine before men, so that they may see your upright works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 5:16)

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Acts 9:36• ³⁶And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. (Acts 9:36)

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2 Cor. 9:8• ⁸But God is able to make every gracious gift abound towards you, that, having in every way always all-sufficiency, ye may abound to every good work: (2 Cor. 9:8)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

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

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1 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰but, what becomes women making profession of the fear of God, by good works. (1 Tim. 2:10)

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1 Tim. 5:10,25• ¹⁰borne witness to in good works, if she have brought up children, if she have exercised hospitality, if she have washed saints' feet, if she have imparted relief to the distressed, if she have diligently followed every good work.
²⁵In like manner good works also are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise cannot be hid. (1 Tim. 5:10,25)

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1 Tim. 6:18• ¹⁸to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance, (1 Tim. 6:18)

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2 Tim. 2:21• ²¹If therefore one shall have purified himself from these, in separating himself from them, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for every good work. (2 Tim. 2:21)

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2 Tim. 3:17• ¹⁷that the man of God may be complete, fully fitted to every good work. (2 Tim. 3:17)

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Titus 2:7,14• ⁷in all things affording thyself as a pattern of good works; in teaching uncorruptedness, gravity,
¹⁴who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works. (Titus 2:7,14)

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Titus 3:1,8,14• ¹Put them in mind to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient to rule, to be ready to do every good work,
⁸The word is faithful, and I desire that thou insist strenuously on these things, that they who have believed God may take care to pay diligent attention to good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
¹⁴and let ours also learn to apply themselves to good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful. (Titus 3:1,8,14)

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Heb. 10:24• ²⁴and let us consider one another for provoking to love and good works; (Heb. 10:24)

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Heb. 13:21• ²¹perfect you in every good work to the doing of his will, doing in you what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

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1 Peter 2:12• ¹²having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that as to that in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through your good works, themselves witnessing them, glorify God in the day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:12)

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Eph. 1:4• ⁴according as he has chosen us in him before the world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love; (Eph. 1:4)

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Rom. 8:29• ²⁹Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brethren. (Rom. 8:29)

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walk.

Eph. 2:2• ²in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience: (Eph. 2:2)

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Eph. 4:1• ¹*I*, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called, (Eph. 4:1)

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Deut. 5:33• ³³In all the way that Jehovah your God hath commanded you shall ye walk, 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, that Israel had walked in my ways! (Psa. 81:13)

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

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Isa. 2:3‑5• ³And many peoples shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah's word from Jerusalem.
⁴And he shall judge among the nations, and shall reprove many peoples; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
⁵House of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah. (Isa. 2:3‑5)

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Acts 9:31• ³¹The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 9:31)

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Rom. 8:1• ¹There is then now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus. (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 with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)

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1 John 2:6• ⁶He that says he abides in him ought, even as *he* walked, himself also so to walk. (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.