Ephesians 1
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Ephesians 1:5-9

51He 2predestinedG4309 us to 3adoptionG5206 as sonsG5206 throughG1223 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 to HimselfG846, 4accordingG2596 to the 5kindG2107 intentionG2107 of His will,

66to the praiseG1868 of the gloryG1391 of His graceG5485, whichG3739 He freelyG5487 bestowedG5487 on us in 7the BelovedG25.

78In 9Him we haveG2192 10redemptionG629 11throughG1223 His bloodG129, the 12forgivenessG859 of our trespassesG3900, accordingG2596 to 13the richesG4149 of His graceG5485

8whichG3739 He 14lavishedG4052 on 15us. In allG3956 wisdomG4678 and insightG5428

9He 1617madeG1107 knownG1107 to us the mysteryG3466 of His will, 18accordingG2596 to His 19kindG2107 intentionG2107 whichG3739 He 20purposedG4388 in Him

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Notes

  1. 1. Ephesians 1:5 Lit having predestined ↩
  2. 2. Ephesians 1:5 Acts 13:48; Rom 8:29f ↩
  3. 3. Ephesians 1:5 Rom 8:14ff ↩
  4. 4. Ephesians 1:5 Phil 2:13; Col 1:19 ↩
  5. 5. Ephesians 1:5 Lit good pleasure ↩
  6. 6. Ephesians 1:6 Eph 1:12, 14 ↩
  7. 7. Ephesians 1:6 Matt 3:17 ↩
  8. 8. Ephesians 1:7 Col 1:14 ↩
  9. 9. Ephesians 1:7 Lit whom ↩
  10. 10. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 3:24; 1 Cor 1:30; Eph 1:14 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 20:28; Rom 3:25 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 2:38 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:18; 2:7; 3:8, 16 ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 1:8 Lit made abundant toward ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 1:8 Or us, in all wisdom and insight ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 1:9 Lit making known ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 1:9 Rom 11:25; Eph 3:3 ↩
  18. 18. Ephesians 1:9 1 Cor 1:21; Gal 1:15 ↩
  19. 19. Ephesians 1:9 Lit good pleasure ↩
  20. 20. Ephesians 1:9 Rom 8:28; Eph 1:11 ↩

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