Ephesians 1:4-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight.[a](A) In love[b] 5 He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will, 6 to the praise of His glorious grace(B) that He favored us with in the Beloved.(C)
7 We have redemption in Him(D) through His blood, the forgiveness(E) of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace 8 that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. 9 He made known to us the mystery of His will,(F) according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him(G) 10 for the administration[c] of the days of fulfillment[d]—to bring everything together in the Messiah,(H) both things in heaven and things on earth(I) in Him.(J)
11 We have also received an inheritance[e] in Him, predestined(K) according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will,
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- Ephesians 1:4 Vv. 3-14 are 1 sentence in Gk.
- Ephesians 1:4 Or In His sight in love
- Ephesians 1:10 Or dispensation; lit house law (Gk oikonomia)
- Ephesians 1:10 Lit the fulfillment of times
- Ephesians 1:11 Or we also were chosen as an inheritance, or we were also made an inheritance
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