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Ephesians 1:4-12

4justG2531 as 1He choseG1586 us in Him beforeG4253 2the foundationG2602 of the worldG2889, that we would be 3holyG40 and blamelessG299 beforeG2714 4Him. 5In loveG26

56He 7predestinedG4309 us to 8adoptionG5206 as sonsG5206 throughG1223 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 to HimselfG846, 9accordingG2596 to the 10kindG2107 intentionG2107 of His will,

611to the praiseG1868 of the gloryG1391 of His graceG5485, whichG3739 He freelyG5487 bestowedG5487 on us in 12the BelovedG25.

713In 14Him we haveG2192 15redemptionG629 16throughG1223 His bloodG129, the 17forgivenessG859 of our trespassesG3900, accordingG2596 to 18the richesG4149 of His graceG5485

8whichG3739 He 19lavishedG4052 on 20us. In allG3956 wisdomG4678 and insightG5428

9He 2122madeG1107 knownG1107 to us the mysteryG3466 of His will, 23accordingG2596 to His 24kindG2107 intentionG2107 whichG3739 He 25purposedG4388 in Him

10with a viewG1519 to an administrationG3622 26suitableG3588 to 27the fullnessG4138 of the timesG2540, that is, 28the summingG346 up of allG3956 thingsG3956 in ChristG5547, things 29in the heavensG3772 and things on the earthG1093. In Him

1130alsoG2532 we 3132have obtainedG2820 an inheritanceG2820, having been 33predestinedG4309 34accordingG2596 to His purposeG4286 who worksG1754 allG3956 thingsG3956 35afterG2596 the counselG1012 of His will,

12to the endG1519 that we who were the firstG4276 to hopeG4276 in 36ChristG5547 would be 37to the praiseG1868 of His gloryG1391.

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Notes

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

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