ACC ~ Ephesians 2 v10c

PREPARED BEFOREHAND? MARIUS VICTORINUS: Does Paul mean “good works” in the future tense or those which we now perform? Taken either way they are good for us to walk in. They are witnesses to Christ’s working in us. EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS 1.2.10.

THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM. CHRYSOSTOM: He does not say “so that we might begin” but “so that we should walk”—all the way. For walking is a metaphor that suggests continuance, extending to the end of our lives. Suppose we had to walk a road that leads to a royal city, but after having gone almost all the way we grow faint almost at the end and stop. We would then have no profit. Instead Paul says we are created “for good works.” HOMILY ON EPHESIANS 4.2.9.