Ephesians 2:10

2:10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them. 1 

Ephesians 3:20

3:20 Now to him who by the power that is working within us 2  is able to do far beyond 3  all that we ask or think,

Ephesians 4:17

Live in Holiness

4:17 So I say this, and insist 4  in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility 5  of their thinking. 6 

1 tn Grk “so that we might walk in them” (or “by them”).

sn So that we may do them. Before the devil began to control our walk in sin and among sinful people, God had already planned good works for us to do.

2 sn On the power that is working within us see 1:19-20.

3 tn Or “infinitely beyond,” “far more abundantly than.”

4 tn On the translation of μαρτύρομαι (marturomai) as “insist” see BDAG 619 s.v. 2.

5 tn On the translation of ματαιότης (mataioth") as “futility” see BDAG 621 s.v.

6 tn Or “thoughts,” “mind.”