2And you were dead^aj in your trespasses and sins ²in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world,^ak according to the ruler of the power of the air,^al the spirit^am now working in the disobedient.^D ³We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly^an desires, carrying out the inclinations^ao of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath^ap as the others were also. ⁴But God, who is rich in mercy,^aq because of his great love^ar that he had for us,^E ⁵made us alive^as with Christ even though we were dead^at in trespasses. You are saved by grace! ⁶He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus,^au ⁷so that in the coming ages^av he might display the immeasurable riches^aw of his grace through his kindness^a to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For you are saved by grace^b through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—⁹not from works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created^c in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time^d for us to do.

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Ephesians 2:10: For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Footnotes

D sons of disobedience
E love with which he loved us

Cross references

aj Jn 5:25
ak 2Pt 2:20
al 2Pt 2:10; Jd 8
am 1Co 2:12; 1Tm 4:1
an Php 3:3
ao Mt 21:31; Lk 12:47; 23:25; Jn 1:13; 1Co 7:37; 2Pt 1:21
ap Rm 2:5; Rv 6:16
aq Lk 1:50
ar 1Co 13:1; 1Jn 4:16
as Col 2:13; 1Tm 5:6
at Jn 5:25
au Eph 1:3,20; 3:10; 6:12; Php 2:10; 1Pt 3:22
av Mk 10:30
aw Lk 8:14; 2Co 8:9
a Ps 25:6
b Rm 3:24; 6:14; 11:6; Gl 2:21; 2Tm 1:9
c Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14
d Rm 9:23