Ephesians 1
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Ephesians 1:4-7

4just as 1He chose us in Him before 2the foundation of the world, that we would be 3holy and blameless before 4Him. 5In love

56He 7predestined us to 8adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, 9according to the good pleasure of His will,

610to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in 11the Beloved.

712In 13Him we have 14redemption 15through His blood, the 16forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to 17the riches of His grace

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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. He ↩
  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 1:6 Eph 1:12, 14 ↩
  11. 11. Ephesians 1:6 Matt 3:17 ↩
  12. 12. Ephesians 1:7 Col 1:14 ↩
  13. 13. Ephesians 1:7 Lit whom ↩
  14. 14. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 3:24; 1 Cor 1:30; Eph 1:14 ↩
  15. 15. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 20:28; Rom 3:25 ↩
  16. 16. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 2:38 ↩
  17. 17. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:18; 2:7; 3:8, 16 ↩

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