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Hi,
I'm new to the forum and am trying to figure out what interpretation of Ephesians 2:8-10 is corrrect--the Catholic one, or the Evangelical one, or some other.
[sup]8[/sup] For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— [sup]9[/sup] not by works, so that no one can boast. [sup]10[/sup] For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
(Ephesians 2)
My understanding of the Evangelical view:
[sup]8[/sup] For it is by [God's undeserved kindness] you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— [sup]9[/sup] not by [good] works [you do by your own power, nor by the power of God], so that no one can boast. [sup]10[/sup] For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works [by the power of God], which God prepared in advance for us to do.
(Ephesians 2)
My understanding of the Catholic view:
[sup]8[/sup] For it is by [God's power to empower you to live like Christ] you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— [sup]9[/sup] not by [good] works [you do by your own power], so that no one can boast. [sup]10[/sup] For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works [by the power of God], which God prepared in advance for us to do.
(Ephesians 2)
I'm thinking either interpretations might be correct, and so the text appears ambiguous to me.
I'm new to the forum and am trying to figure out what interpretation of Ephesians 2:8-10 is corrrect--the Catholic one, or the Evangelical one, or some other.
[sup]8[/sup] For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— [sup]9[/sup] not by works, so that no one can boast. [sup]10[/sup] For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
(Ephesians 2)
My understanding of the Evangelical view:
[sup]8[/sup] For it is by [God's undeserved kindness] you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— [sup]9[/sup] not by [good] works [you do by your own power, nor by the power of God], so that no one can boast. [sup]10[/sup] For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works [by the power of God], which God prepared in advance for us to do.
(Ephesians 2)
My understanding of the Catholic view:
[sup]8[/sup] For it is by [God's power to empower you to live like Christ] you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— [sup]9[/sup] not by [good] works [you do by your own power], so that no one can boast. [sup]10[/sup] For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works [by the power of God], which God prepared in advance for us to do.
(Ephesians 2)
I'm thinking either interpretations might be correct, and so the text appears ambiguous to me.