Ephesians 2:10 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

English ASV

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

English Amplified

For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them.

English EASY 2024

It is God who has worked in us to make us what we are. He has given us a new life because we are united with Christ Jesus. He saved us so that now we can do good things in our lives. Those are good things that he has already prepared for us to do.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

God has made us what we are. In Christ Jesus, God made us new people so that we would spend our lives doing the good things he had already planned for us to do.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do.

English God's Word - GW 1995

God has made us what we are. He has created us in Christ Jesus to live lives filled with good works that he has prepared for us to do.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For we are His creation-- created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we should walk in them.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

God made us. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good things. Long ago God prepared them for us to do.

English NIV

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

English NKJ 1982

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

English NLT

For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

We have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny he has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

It is God himself who has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these lives in helping others.

English Tyndale 1537

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesu unto good works, unto the which God ordained us before, that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:10 — Compare Translations