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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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:11 Or we also were chosen as an inheritance, or we were also made an inheritance
  2. Ephesians 1:14 The possession could be either man’s or God’s

11 In en Christ hos · kai we have obtained an inheritance klēroō, having been predestined proorizō according kata to the purpose prothesis of him ho who accomplishes energeō · ho all pas things according kata to the ho counsel boulē of ho his autos will thelēma, 12 so that eis we hēmeis, who ho have already set our hope proelpizō in en Christ Christos, might be eimi for eis the praise epainos of his autos glory doxa. · ho 13 You hymeis also kai are in en him hos, having heard akouō the ho word logos of ho truth alētheia, the ho good euangelion news of ho your hymeis salvation sōtēria; in en him hos also kai, when you believed pisteuō, you were marked sphragizō with the seal of the ho promised epangelia Holy hagios Spirit pneuma, · ho · ho 14 which hos is eimi the guarantee arrabōn of ho our hēmeis inheritance klēronomia vouching for eis God’s redemption apolytrōsis of ho his possession peripoiēsis, to eis the praise epainos of ho his autos glory doxa.

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