Ephesians 1:11-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
11 We have also received an inheritance[a] in Him, predestined(A) according to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will, 12 so that we who had already put our hope(B) in the Messiah might bring praise to His glory.(C)
13 When you heard the message of truth,(D) the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed in Him, you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.(E) 14 He is the down payment(F) of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession,[b] to the praise of His glory.
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- Ephesians 1:11 Or we also were chosen as an inheritance, or we were also made an inheritance
- Ephesians 1:14 The possession could be either man’s or God’s
Ephesians 1:11-14
Lexham English Bible
11 in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 that we who hoped beforehand in Christ should be for the praise of his glory, 13 in whom also you, when you heard[a] the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also when you believed you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.
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- Ephesians 1:13 This participle (“hearing”) and the following one (“believing”) are understood as temporal
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