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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• ⁴even as he chose 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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Deut. 32:6• ⁶Do ye thus requite Jehovah,{HR}Foolish and unwise people?{HR}Is not he thy father that hath bought thee?{HR}Hath he not made thee and established thee?{HR} (Deut. 32:6)

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Psa. 100:3• ³Know that Jehovah he [is] God;{HR}He made us, and not we, (Psa. 100:3)

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Psa. 138:8• ⁸Jehovah will perfect as to me:{HR}Jehovah, thy mercy [is] forever;{HR}Forsake not the works of thy 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• ²³But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel. (Isa. 29:23)

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Isa. 43:21• ²¹the people have I formed for myself, that they might set 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; 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 possess the land forever—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 be given 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 oaks of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he might be glorified. (Isa. 61:3)

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Jer. 31:33• ³³This shall be 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 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 forever, 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 to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
⁴Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?
⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born of water and 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 practiceth the truth cometh unto 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 tillage, God's building. (1 Cor. 3:9)

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2 Cor. 5:5,17• ⁵Now he that wrought us for this very thing [is] God, that gave us the earnest of the Spirit.
¹⁷so that, if one [is] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, they are become new. (2 Cor. 5:5,17)

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Phil. 1:6• ⁶being confident of this very thing, that he who began in you a good work will complete [it] until [the] day of Jesus Christ; (Phil. 1:6)

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Phil. 2:13• ¹³for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)

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Heb. 13:21• ²¹perfect you in every good work unto the doing of his will, working in you what is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

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Eph. 4:24• ²⁴and put on the new man, that according to God was created in righteousness and holiness of truth. (Eph. 4:24)

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Psa. 51:10• ¹⁰Create for me a pure heart, O God,{HR}And a steadfast spirit renew within me. (Psa. 51:10)

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2 Cor. 5:17• ¹⁷so that, if one [is] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, they are become new. (2 Cor. 5:17)

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

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Col. 3:10• ¹⁰and having put on the new that is renewed in full knowledge according to [the] image of him that created him; (Col. 3:10)

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Matt. 5:16• ¹⁶Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your comely works, and glorify your Father that is in the heavens. (Matt. 5:16)

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Acts 9:36• ³⁶Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which being interpreted is called Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. (Acts 9:36)

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

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit, and increasing in the full knowledge of God, (Col. 1:10)

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

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1 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰but, what becometh women professing godliness, by good works. (1 Tim. 2:10)

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1 Tim. 5:10,25• ¹⁰witnessed of in good works, if she reared children, if she entertained strangers, if she washed saints' feet, if she relieved afflicted [persons], if she followed up every good work.
²⁵and likewise also the good works are openly manifest, 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, ready to communicate, (1 Tim. 6:18)

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2 Tim. 2:21• ²¹If one therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, serviceable for the master, prepared unto every good work. (2 Tim. 2:21)

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2 Tim. 3:17• ¹⁷that the man of God may be complete, furnished thoroughly unto every good work. (2 Tim. 3:17)

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Titus 2:7,14• ⁷in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works, in the teaching uncorruptness, gravity,
¹⁴who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:7,14)

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Titus 3:1,8,14• ¹Put them in mind to be in subjection to principalities, to authorities; to obey, to be ready for every good work,
⁸Faithful [is] the saying; and concerning these things I will that thou affirm strongly, in order that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to 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 for provoking love and good works, (Heb. 10:24)

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Heb. 13:21• ²¹perfect you in every good work unto the doing of his will, working in you what is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)

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1 Peter 2:12• ¹²having your behaviour comely among the Gentiles; that in what they speak against you as evil-doers, they, as observing, may from your comely works glorify God in [the] day of visitation. (1 Peter 2:12)

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Eph. 1:4• ⁴even as he chose 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• ²⁹For whom he foreknew, he also predetermined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he should be first-born 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 that now worketh in the sons of disobedience; (Eph. 2:2)

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Eph. 4:1• ¹I exhort you therefore, I the prisoner in [the] Lord, that ye walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were 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• ¹³O that my people would hearken unto me,{HR}That Israel would walk in my ways! (Psa. 81:13)

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Psa. 119:3• ³Yea, they practice no wrong,{HR}In his ways they walk. (Psa. 119:3)

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Isa. 2:3‑5• ³And many peoples will 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 will judge between the nations, and will reprove many peoples; and they will forge their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning knives: 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 Jehovah. (Isa. 2:3‑5)

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Acts 9:31• ³¹The assembly then, throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, being edified, and walking in the fear of the Lord and the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied. (Acts 9:31)

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Rom. 8:1• ¹There is therefore 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 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, even as he walked, himself also 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.