Efeslilere 2:10

Ki̇tap (Turkish Bible)

10 Çünkü biz Tanrının yapıtıyız, Onun önceden hazırladığı iyi işleri yapmak üzere Mesih İsada yaratıldık.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we are: Deuteronomy 32:6, Psalms 100:3, Psalms 138:8, Isaiah 19:25, Isaiah 29:23, Isaiah 43:21, Isaiah 44:21, Isaiah 60:21, Isaiah 61:3, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 32:39, Jeremiah 32:40, John 3:3-6, John 3:21, 1 Corinthians 3:9, 2 Corinthians 5:5, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Philippians 1:6, Philippians 2:13, Hebrews 13:21

created: Ephesians 4:24, Psalms 51:10, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15, Colossians 3:10

good: Matthew 5:16, Acts 9:36, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Colossians 1:10, 2 Thessalonians 2:17, 1 Timothy 2:10, 1 Timothy 5:10, 1 Timothy 5:25, 1 Timothy 6:18, 2 Timothy 2:21, 2 Timothy 3:17, Titus 2:7, Titus 2:14, Titus 3:1, Titus 3:8, Titus 3:14, Hebrews 10:24, Hebrews 13:21, 1 Peter 2:12

which: Ephesians 1:4, Romans 8:29

ordained: or, prepared

walk: Ephesians 2:2, Ephesians 4:1, Deuteronomy 5:33, Psalms 81:13, Psalms 119:3, Isaiah 2:3-5, Acts 9:31, Romans 8:1, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 2:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:27 - in the image Psalms 4:3 - that the Psalms 15:2 - worketh Psalms 102:18 - the people Psalms 119:17 - I may live Isaiah 26:7 - way Isaiah 26:12 - for Isaiah 35:8 - The way Isaiah 43:1 - created Isaiah 43:7 - for I Isaiah 45:8 - I the Lord Isaiah 45:11 - concerning the work Isaiah 64:8 - all are Ezekiel 36:26 - new heart Ezekiel 37:24 - they shall Hosea 8:14 - Maker Matthew 26:10 - a good Mark 14:6 - a good Luke 1:75 - General Luke 8:8 - other Luke 15:5 - he layeth John 14:20 - ye in John 15:16 - ordained Romans 9:23 - might Romans 14:20 - the work Romans 16:7 - were 1 Corinthians 1:30 - in Ephesians 1:19 - exceeding Ephesians 2:8 - that Ephesians 4:23 - be Philippians 1:11 - are Colossians 2:11 - by 1 Thessalonians 1:5 - but 1 Thessalonians 4:7 - God

Gill's Notes on the 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 word may be rendered, is a very curious work; the king's daughter is all glorious within, for this is an internal work, and is a good and excellent one; it is not indeed perfected at once, but is gradually carried on, till the finishing stroke is given to it by that hand which begun it; the author of it is God, it is not man's work; nor is it the work of ministers, no, nor of angels, but it is God's work: sometimes it is ascribed to the Spirit, who regenerates and sanctifies; and sometimes to the Son of God, who quickens whom he will; and sometimes to the Father, who reveals his Son, and draws men to him, and who seems to be meant here: the subjects of this divine operation, are the persons described in Ephesians 2:1 and include both Jews and Gentiles; and express the distinguishing grace of God, that they and not others, and who were by nature children of wrath as others, should be his workmanship: and this is mentioned to show, that salvation can not be by any works of men, since all their works are either wrought for them, or in them, by God; salvation is a work wrought for them without them; and sanctification is a work wrought in them by God, of his good pleasure; and all their good works are fruits of his grace, as follows:

created in Christ Jesus unto good works; the work of grace is a creation, or a creature, a new creature; not a new vamp of old Adam's principles, but; an infusion of new ones, and is a work of almighty power; and such who have it wrought in them, are said to be created in Christ; because as soon as a man becomes a new creature, he is openly and visibly in Christ; and by these new principles of grace which are created in him, he is fit and ready, and in a capacity to perform good works; the new man formed in him, is formed for righteousness and true holiness; the internal principle of grace both excites unto, and qualifies for, the performance of righteous and holy actions:

which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them, or has "before prepared"; for the preparation of good works to be performed by saints, and the preparation of them for the performance of them; are both from the Lord; God has appointed good works to be done by his people and in his word he has declared what they are he would have done; and it is his will not only that they should do them, but continue to do them; not only that they should do a single act or more, but walk in them; their conversation and course of life should be one continued series of good works; but the intention is not that they should be saved by them, but that they should walk in them; and this being the pre-ordination of God, as it shows that predestination is not according to good works, since good works are the fruits and effects of it, so likewise that it is no licentious doctrine; seeing it provides for the performance of good works, as well as secures grace and glory.

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 special sense which is denoted by the new creation; see the notes at 2 Corinthians 5:17. Whatever of peace, or hope, or purity we have, has been produced by his agency on the soul. There cannot be conceived to be a stronger expression to denote the agency of God in the conversion of people, or the fact that salvation is wholly of grace.

Created in Christ Jesus - On the word “created,” see the notes at 2 Corinthians 5:17.

Unto good works - With reference to a holy life; or, the design for which we have been created in Christ is, that we should lead a holy life. The primary object was not to bring us to heaven. It was that we should be “holy.” Paul held perhaps more firmly than any other man, to the position that people are saved by the mere grace of God, and by a divine agency on the soul; but it is certain that no man ever held more firmly that people must lead holy lives, or they could have no evidence that they were the children of God.

Which God hath before ordained - Margin, “prepared.” The word here used means to “prepare beforehand,” then to predestinate, or appoint before. The proper meaning of this passage is, “to which οἷς hois good works God has predestinated us, or appointed us beforehand, that we should walk in them.” The word used here - προετοιμάζω proetoimazō - occurs in the New Testament nowhere else except in Romans 9:23, where it is rendered “had afore prepared.” It involves the idea of a previous determination, or an arrangement beforehand for securing a certain result. The previous preparation here referred to was, the divine intention; and the meaning is, that God had predetermined that we should lead holy lives. It accords, therefore, with the declaration in Ephesians 1:4, that he had chosen his people before the foundation of the world that they should be holy: see the notes at that verse.

That we should walk in them - That we should live holy lives. The word “walk” is often used in the Scriptures to denote the course of life; notes on Romans 6:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. For we are his workmanship — So far is this salvation from being our own work, or granted for our own works' sake, that we are ourselves not only the creatures of God, but our new creation was produced by his power; for we are created in Christ Jesus unto good works. He has saved us that we may show forth the virtues of Him who called us from darkness into his marvellous light. For though we are not saved for our good works, yet we are saved that we may perform good works, to the glory of God and the benefit of man.

Which God hath before ordained — οις προητοιμασες. For which God before prepared us, that we might walk in them. For being saved from sin we are made partakers of the Spirit of holiness; and it is natural to that Spirit to lead to the practice of holiness; and he who is not holy in his life is not saved by the grace of Christ. The before ordaining, or rather preparing, must refer to the time when God began the new creation in their hearts; for from the first inspiration of God upon the soul it begins to love holiness; and obedience to the will of God is the very element in which a holy or regenerated soul lives.