Ephesians 2:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Ephesians 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For we are his workmanship - We are his “making” - ποίημα poiēma. That is, we are “created or formed” by him, not only in the general sense in which all things are made by him, but in that...
Ephesians 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For we are (i) his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (i) He speaks here of grace, and not of nature: therefore if the...
Ephesians 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Christians are Raised and Exalted in the Risen and Exalted Christ by God's Free Grace and Gift. The recipients of the letter, like other people, had been (spiritually) dead by reason of the sins an...
Ephesians 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

workmanship . handiwork. Greek. poiema. Only here and Romans 1:20 . Refers to the new creation of verses: Ephesians 2:5 ; Ephesians 2:6 . created . having been created. Gr ktizo. See Roman...
Ephesians 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. For we are his work. By setting aside the contrary supposition, he proves his statement, that by grace we are saved, — that we have no remaining works by which we can merit salvation;...
Ephesians 2:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2099 SALVATION BY GRACE NOT HOSTILE TO GOOD WORKS Ephesians 2:8-10 . By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man...
Ephesians 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. For we are his workmanship - So far is this salvation from being our o...
Ephesians 2:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

We are his workmanship,— "In this new state in the kingdom of God, we are, and ought to look upon ourselves, not as deriving any thing from ourselves, but as the mere workmanship of God, created in...
Ephesians 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Workmanship, х poieema ( G4161 )] - 'a thing of His making...
Ephesians 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gentiles and Jews are now One in Chirst 1-10. Further illustration of God 's power. He raised both Gentiles and Jews from the death of sin and exalted them to Christ's side.
Ephesians 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1 b. ) Ephesians 2:8-10 (taking up and working out the parenthetical “by grace ye are saved” of Ephesians 2:5 ) form an instructive link of connection between these Epistles and those of the ear...
Ephesians 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 8 SAVED FOR AN END Ephesians 2:7-10 The plan which God has formed for men in Christ is of great dimensions every way, -in its length no less than in its breadth and height. He "raised...
Ephesians 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

What Grace Has Done Ephesians 2:1-10 Evidently dead men may walk; that is, they may be dead to the eternal world but alive to this world, which is moving past like the films of a moving picture...
Ephesians 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The next subject is the edification or building of the Church. The materials of the building are found amid things which are absolutely opposed to the will and purpose of God. From this material God,...
Ephesians 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(7) That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. (8) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: i...
Ephesians 2:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD’S WORKMANSHIP ‘For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Chris...
Ephesians 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For we are his workmanship ,.... Not as men only, but as Christians; not as creatures merely, but as new creatures; the work of grace upon the soul seems chiefly designed, which like a poem, as the...
Ephesians 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Ver. 10. For we are his workmanship ] ποιημα, his artificial factu...
Ephesians 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For we are his workmanship As if he had said, And it appears that it is not by any works or ability of our own that we are saved, or possess the faith whereby salvation is received, because all the...
Ephesians 2:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

BELIEVERS CHANGED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH (vs.1-10) The first three verse of chapter 2 go back to consider the state and circumstances from which the Ephesians had been brought, the same sad state...
Ephesians 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Change Wrought in the Ephesians. A. D. 61. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his grea...
Ephesians 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For we, we believers, both Jews and Gentiles, are his workmanship; not only as men, but especially as saints, which is the proper meaning here. The Israelitish people formerly were God's work, De...
Ephesians 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God beforehand prepared that we should walk in them.' ‘We are His workmanship.' The word poiema means ‘creation, what is w...
Ephesians 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 2:10 . For we are His workmanship. —We get our word “poem” from that which we here translate workmanship, lit. “something made.” Every Christian belongs...
Ephesians 2:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

created ( See Scofield) - ( Ephesians 4:24 ).
Ephesians 2:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 2:10 Christian Men God's Workmanship. I. The special infirmities of men vary. The fault of our nature assumes a thousand forms, but no one is free from it. I look back to the ancient mo...
Ephesians 2:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 2:1 . And you he hath quickened. Is it so? Could the apostle say that to you, and to me? Ephesians 2:1 . Who were dead in trespasses and sins; Look back to what you used to be, to...
Ephesians 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 2:1 . You hath he quickened. The word quickened is not in the Greek, but the old Latin version repeats it here from the fifth verse, presuming it to be implied. It reads well without it,...
Ephesians 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ephesians 2:1-49 SPIRITUAL HISTORY OF THE EPHESIANS . This passage corresponds to Genesis 1:1 . It is a history of creation, and we note the same great stages. 1. C...
Ephesians 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God's grace manifested toward the sinners:
Ephesians 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:9 ; 1 John 1:7 ; 1 John 2:6 ; 1 Peter 2:12 ; 1 Timothy 2:10 ; 1 Timothy 5:10 ; 1 Timothy 5:25 ; 1 Timothy 6:18 ; 2 Corinthians 5:17 ; 2 Corinthians 5:5 ; 2 Corinthians 9:8...
Ephesians 2:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Grace in Operation Ephesians 2:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We know of no Scripture which more beautifully sets forth God's grace than Ephesians, chapter 2. The chapter begins with what we were in...
Ephesians 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For we are his workmanship — Which proves both that salvation is by faith, and that faith is the gift of God. Created unto good works — That afterwards we might give ourselves to them. Which God ha...

Ephesians 2:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 2:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 2:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 2:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 2:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 2:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 2:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 2:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 2:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ephesians 2:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 2:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ephesians 2:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 2:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 2:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 2:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 2:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 2:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 2:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ephesians 2:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes