Efesus 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 

Efesus 2:16

2:16 and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. ² 

Efesus 4:10

4:10 He, the very one ³  who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

Efesus 4:29

4:29 You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, ⁴  that it may give grace to those who hear.

Efesus 5:27

5:27 so that he ⁵  may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. ⁶ 

Efesus 6:13

6:13 For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground ⁷  on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

[2:10]  ¹ tn Grk “so that we might walk in them” (or “by them”).

[2:10]  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.

[2:16]  ² tn Grk “by killing the hostility in himself.”

[4:10]  ³ tn The Greek text lays specific emphasis on “He” through the use of the intensive pronoun, αὐτός (autos). This is reflected in the English translation through the use of “the very one.”

[4:29]  ⁴ tn Grk “but if something good for the building up of the need.” The final genitive τῆς χρείας (th" creia") may refer to “the need of the moment” or it may refer to the need of a particular person or group of people as the next phrase “give grace to those who hear” indicates.

[5:27]  ⁵ tn The use of the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is intensive and focuses attention on Christ as the one who has made the church glorious.

[5:27]  ⁶ tn Grk “but in order that it may be holy and blameless.”

[6:13]  ⁷ tn The term ἀνθίστημι (anqisthmi) carries the idea of resisting or opposing something or someone (BDAG 80 s.v.). In Eph 6:13, when used in combination with στῆναι (sthnai; cf. also στῆτε [sthte] in v. 14) and in a context of battle imagery, it seems to have the idea of resisting, standing firm, and being able to stand your ground.