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You Are God's Masterpiece
Commentators emphasize that the word "workmanship" (from the Greek "poiēma," where we get "poem") signifies a new spiritual creation. You are not just forgiven but fundamentally remade by God. Scholars like Calvin and Spurgeon stress that because any goodness in us is God's work, all boasting is eliminated, leaving only room for gratitude.
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Ephesians
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Albert Barnes
On Ephesians 2:10
18th Century
Theologian
For we are his workmanship. We are his making—poihma. That is, we are created or formed by him, not on…
AT Robertson
On Ephesians 2:10
Workmanship (ποιημα). Old word from ποιεω with the ending -ματ meaning result. In N.T. only here and Re 1:20.
Creat…
Charles Ellicott
On Ephesians 2:10
19th Century
Bishop
We are his workmanship.—This verse, on the contrary, is unique and remarkable, characteristic of the idea with which this Epistle …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Ephesians 2:10
19th Century
Preacher
For we are his workmanship,
If we have anything good in us, it was all made by him.
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Ephesians 2:10
This verse is the outcome of the whole process. It shows what salvation is intended for: to produce the good works that attest its reality. While w…
John Calvin
On Ephesians 2:10
16th Century
Theologian
For we are his work. By setting aside the contrary assumption, he proves his statement that by grace we are saved — that we have …
John Gill
On Ephesians 2:10
17th Century
Pastor
For we are his workmanship
Not as men only, but as Christians; not as creatures merely, but as new creatures; the wo…
Matthew Henry
On Ephesians 2:1–10
17th Century
Minister
Sin is the death of the soul. A man dead in trespasses and sins has no desire for spiritual pleasures. When we look upon a corpse, it evokes an awf…