New American Standard Bible 2020
Ephesians 1:4-8
4justG2531 asG2531 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 asG5206 sonsG5206 and daughters throughG1223 JesusG2424 ChristG5547 to HimselfG846, 9accordingG2596 to the goodG2107 pleasureG2107 of His willG2307,
610to the praiseG1868 of the gloryG1391 of His graceG5485, with whichG3739 He favoredG5487 us in 11the BelovedG25.
712In 13Him we haveG2192 14redemptionG629 15throughG1223 His bloodG129, the 16forgivenessG859 of our wrongdoingsG3900, accordingG2596 to 17the richesG4149 of His graceG5485
8whichG3739 He 18lavishedG4052 on 19us. In allG3956 wisdomG4678 and insightG5428
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. He ↩
- 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 1:6 Eph 1:12, 14 ↩
- 11. Ephesians 1:6 Matt 3:17 ↩
- 12. Ephesians 1:7 Col 1:14 ↩
- 13. Ephesians 1:7 Lit whom ↩
- 14. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 3:24; 1 Cor 1:30; Eph 1:14 ↩
- 15. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 20:28; Rom 3:25 ↩
- 16. Ephesians 1:7 Acts 2:38 ↩
- 17. Ephesians 1:7 Rom 2:4; Eph 1:18; 2:7; 3:8, 16 ↩
- 18. Ephesians 1:8 Lit made abundant toward ↩
- 19. Ephesians 1:8 Or us in all wisdom and insight. He ↩
Commentaries on Ephesians 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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