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The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:8-10

Salvation, its root and its fruit. Paul now proceeds to put the gospel in a nutshell when he tells us that we are saved by grace, through faith, and unto good works. We have in these three terms the whole plan brought out. Let us look at them in their order. I. GRACE IS THE ROOT OR CAUSE OF SALVATION . ( Ephesians 2:8 .) By "grace" is meant the free, undeserved favor of God. It is etymologically the same as "gratis" and "gratuitous;" it occurs in the business phrase,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship. Another illustration and evidence of grace. We have to be fashioned anew by God before we can do anything aright (see 2 Corinthians 5:17 ). Anything right in us is not the cause of grace, but its fruit. There seems to be no special reason for the change from the second to the first person. Created in Christ Jesus for good works. So little inward capacity had we for such works, that we required to be created in Christ Jesus in order that we might do them. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:10

God's workmanship. I. AS CHRISTIANS , CREATED IN CHRIST , WE ARE GOD 'S WORKMANSHIP . It cannot be that our salvation comes by our works, because it is such a quickening from death to life as amounts to nothing short of a new creation, and because God is the only Creator. We only become new creatures through union with Christ, and by the grace of God that is in him. To know if this is our condition, we must see if we bear the traces of the great Worker upon our persons.... read more

Albert Barnes

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

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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 2:10

Ephesians 2:10. 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 ability we have in spiritual things is from God, and is the consequence of his creating us anew; for as all acts of acceptable obedience must proceed from faith, and this faith is wrought in our hearts by the gracious influence of the Divine Spirit, it is most certain that we must... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-10

2:1-3:21 GOD’S PLAN FOR THE CHURCHSinners saved by grace (2:1-10)In their natural state, all people are spiritually dead because of sin. Nothing they do can bring them back to life, because no matter how much good they try to do, they are still sinners. This is true of Jews and Gentiles alike. In body and mind they are under the control of Satan, and consequently are rebellious against God (2:1-3). Such rebels do not deserve God’s love, but God loves them nevertheless. God does for sinners what... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 2:10

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 Romans 1:25 . unto . Greek. epi . App-104 . hath before ordained = afore prepared. Greek. proetoimazo. See Romans 9:23 , the only other occurances. that = in order that. Greek. hina . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.Good works ... One who is a Christian works under the same imperative compulsion as that which rested upon the Christ who said, "We must work the works of him that sent me" (John 9:4). Any theory which divorces the works a Christian must do from having any connection with his salvation is a false theory. It is true, to be sure, that even the good works of Christians are in no... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:10

Ephesians 2:10. 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 Christ Jesus, to the end that we should do good works, for which he hath prepared and fittted us to walk in them. It is not by any works of the law, nor in consideration of our submitting to the Mosaical institution, or having any alliance with the Jewish nation, that we Gentiles are... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

10. workmanship—literally, "a thing of His making"; "handiwork." Here the spiritual creation, not the physical, is referred to (Ephesians 2:8; Ephesians 2:9). created—having been created (Ephesians 4:24; Psalms 102:18; Isaiah 43:21; 2 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 5:17). unto good works—"for good works." "Good works" cannot be performed until we are new "created unto" them. Paul never calls the works of the law "good works." We are not saved by, but created unto, good works. before... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 2:10

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 2:10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 2:1-10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 2:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 2:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 2:10

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

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