According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

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just as he chose us in the Messiah[a] before the creation of the universe[b] to be holy and blameless in his presence. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself through Jesus the Messiah,[c] according to the pleasure of his will, so that we would praise[d] his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:4 Lit. in him
  2. Ephesians 1:4 Or world
  3. Ephesians 1:5 Or Christ
  4. Ephesians 1:6 Lit. to the praise of