Ephesians 2:10

New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

For we are his

מְלָאכָה

mᵉlâʼkâh

H4399

properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

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בָּרָא

bârâʼ

H1254

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

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in

Χριστός

Christós

G5547

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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Ἰησοῦς

Iēsoûs

G2424

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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unto

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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מַעֲשֶׂה

maʻăseh

H4639

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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which

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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hath

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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that we should

יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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in them

Key Terms in This Verse

workmanship H4399

מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh

properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

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ordained H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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created H1254

בָּרָא bârâʼ

(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)

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walk H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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works H4639

מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

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Christ G5547

Χριστός Christós

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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good H2896

טוֹב ṭôwb

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...

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Jesus G2424

Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs

Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites

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before H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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God H430

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Cross References

Philippians 2:13 cross-reference

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Colossians 1:10 cross-reference

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Hebrews 13:21 cross-reference

Make 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.

2 Corinthians 5:17 cross-reference

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 9:8 cross-reference

And 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:

Ephesians 4:24 cross-reference

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Philippians 1:6 cross-reference

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

2 Timothy 3:17 cross-reference

That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

Ephesians 4:1 cross-reference

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

2 Timothy 2:21 cross-reference

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

Psalm 100:3 cross-reference

Know 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.

Isaiah 43:21 cross-reference

This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

Titus 2:14 cross-reference

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Ephesians 1:4 cross-reference

According 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:

1 Timothy 6:18 cross-reference

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

Titus 3:14 cross-reference

And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Hebrews 10:24 cross-reference

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Titus 3:8 cross-reference

This 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 ...

1 Corinthians 3:9 cross-reference

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

Titus 2:7 cross-reference

In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

Colossians 3:10 cross-reference

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

1 Peter 2:12 cross-reference

Having 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.

Psalm 138:8 cross-reference

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Titus 3:1 cross-reference

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Psalm 51:10 cross-reference

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

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