Now this is not to disparage a life of godliness. On the contrary, God expects believers to perform good works as the fruit of their new life. Verse 10 says regarding good works, “which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” We note that it does not say that believers were previously prepared to walk in good works, but that the good works were previously prepared that believers might walk in them. Paul’s thought is that the Christian is completely without grounds for boasting even
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