Ephesians:2:10




rwp@Ephesians:2:10 @{Workmanship} (\poiˆma\). Old word from \poie“\ with the ending \-mat\ meaning result. In N.T. only here and strkjv@Revelation:1:20|. {Created} (\ktisthentes\). First aorist passive participle of \ktiz“\, not the original creation as in strkjv@Colossians:1:16; strkjv@Ephesians:3:9|, but the moral and spiritual renewal in Christ, the new birth, as in strkjv@Ephesians:2:15; strkjv@4:24|. {For good works} (\epi ergois agathois\). Probably the true dative of purpose here with \epi\ (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 605). Purpose of the new creation in Christ. {Which} (\hois\). Attraction of the relative \ha\ (accusative after \proˆtoimasen\) to case of the antecedent \ergois\. {Afore prepared} (\proˆtoimasen\). First aorist active indicative of \proˆtoimaz“\, old verb to make ready beforehand. In N.T. only here and strkjv@Romans:9:23|. Good works by us were included in the eternal foreordination by God. {That we should walk in them} (\hina en autois peripatˆs“men\). Expexegetic final clause explanatory of the election to good works.


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