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

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10 For we are God’s handiwork,(A) created(B) in Christ Jesus to do good works,(C) which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

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13 for it is God who works in you(A) to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.(B)

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10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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10 so that you may live a life worthy(A) of the Lord and please him(B) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,(C)

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21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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21 equip you with everything good for doing his will,(A) and may he work in us(B) what is pleasing to him,(C) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(D)

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17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,(A) the new creation(B) has come:[a] The old has gone, the new is here!(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or Christ, that person is a new creation.

24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

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24 and to put on(A) the new self,(B) created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.(C)

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And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

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And God is able(A) to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,(B) you will abound in every good work.

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17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

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17 so that the servant of God[a](A) may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.(B)

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  1. 2 Timothy 3:17 Or that you, a man of God,

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

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Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ

As a prisoner(A) for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy(B) of the calling(C) you have received.

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21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

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21 Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.(A)

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Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion(A) until the day of Christ Jesus.(B)

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Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

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Know that the Lord is God.(A)
    It is he who made us,(B) and we are his[a];
    we are his people,(C) the sheep of his pasture.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 100:3 Or and not we ourselves

14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

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14 who gave himself for us(A) to redeem us from all wickedness(B) and to purify(C) for himself a people that are his very own,(D) eager to do what is good.(E)

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