New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 1:4-14

4just as 1He chose us in Him before 2the foundation of the world, that we would be 3holy and blameless before 4Him. 5In love 5 6He 7predestined us to 8adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, 9according to the 10kind intention of His will, 6 11to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in 12the Beloved. 7 13In 14Him we have 15redemption 16through His blood, the 17forgiveness of our trespasses, according to 18the riches of His grace 8which He 19lavished on 20us. In all wisdom and insight 9He 21 22made known to us the mystery of His will, 23according to His 24kind intention which He 25purposed in Him 10with a view to an administration 26suitable to 27the fullness of the times, that is, 28the summing up of all things in Christ, things 29in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him 11 30also we 31 32have obtained an inheritance, having been 33predestined 34according to His purpose who works all things 35after the counsel of His will, 12to the end that we who were the first to hope in 36Christ would be 37to the praise of His glory. 13In 38Him, you also, after listening to 39the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also 40believed, you were 41sealed in 42Him with 43the Holy Spirit of promise, 14who is 44 45given as a pledge of 46our inheritance, with a view to the 47redemption of 48God’s own possession, 49to the praise of His glory.

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Notes

1. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 2:10; 2 Thess 2:13f ↩
2. Ephesians 1:4 Matt 25:34 ↩
3. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 5:27; Col 1:22 ↩
4. Ephesians 1:4 Or Him, in love ↩
5. Ephesians 1:4 Eph 4:2, 15, 16; 5:2 ↩
6. Ephesians 1:5 Lit having predestined ↩
7. Ephesians 1:5 Acts 13:48; Rom 8:29f ↩
8. Ephesians 1:5 Rom 8:14ff ↩
9. Ephesians 1:5 Phil 2:13; Col 1:19 ↩
10. Ephesians 1:5 Lit good pleasure ↩
11. Ephesians 1:6 Eph 1:12, 14 ↩
12. Ephesians 1:6 Matt 3:17 ↩
13. Ephesians 1:7 Col 1:14 ↩
14. Ephesians 1:7 Lit whom ↩
15. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 3:24; 1 Cor 1:30; Eph 1:14 ↩
16. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 20:28; Rom 3:25 ↩
17. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 2:38 ↩
18. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:18; 2:7; 3:8, 16 ↩
19. Ephesians 1:8 Lit made abundant toward ↩
20. Ephesians 1:8 Or us, in all wisdom and insight ↩
21. Ephesians 1:9 Lit making known ↩
22. Ephesians 1:9 Rom 11:25; Eph 3:3 ↩
23. Ephesians 1:9 1 Cor 1:21; Gal 1:15 ↩
24. Ephesians 1:9 Lit good pleasure ↩
25. Ephesians 1:9 Rom 8:28; Eph 1:11 ↩
26. Ephesians 1:10 Lit of ↩
27. Ephesians 1:10 Mark 1:15 ↩
28. Ephesians 1:10 Eph 3:15; Phil 2:9f; Col 1:16, 20 ↩
29. Ephesians 1:10 Lit upon ↩
30. Ephesians 1:11 Lit in whom also ↩
31. Ephesians 1:11 Or were made a heritage ↩
32. Ephesians 1:11 Deut 4:20; Eph 1:14; Titus 2:14 ↩
33. Ephesians 1:11 Eph 1:5 ↩
34. Ephesians 1:11 Rom 8:28f; Eph 3:11 ↩
35. Ephesians 1:11 Rom 9:11; Heb 6:17 ↩
36. Ephesians 1:12 I.e. the Messiah ↩
37. Ephesians 1:12 Eph 1:6, 14 ↩
38. Ephesians 1:13 Lit whom ↩
39. Ephesians 1:13 Eph 4:21; Col 1:5 ↩
40. Ephesians 1:13 Or believed in Him, you were sealed ↩
41. Ephesians 1:13 Eph 4:30 ↩
42. Ephesians 1:13 Lit whom ↩
43. Ephesians 1:13 Acts 2:33 ↩
44. Ephesians 1:14 Or a down payment ↩
45. Ephesians 1:14 2 Cor 1:22 ↩
46. Ephesians 1:14 Acts 20:32 ↩
47. Ephesians 1:14 Eph 1:7 ↩
48. Ephesians 1:14 Eph 1:11 ↩
49. Ephesians 1:14 Eph 1:6, 12 ↩

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