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Ephesians

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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 1:4-7

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

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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 ↩

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