The Lord appeared to [a]him from afar, saying,
“I have (A)loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore I have drawn you with (B)lovingkindness.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:3 Lit me

just as (A)He chose us in Him before (B)the foundation of the world, that we would be (C)holy and blameless before [a]Him. (D)In love [b]He (E)predestined us to (F)adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, (G)according to the [c]kind intention of His will, (H)to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in (I)the Beloved.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:4 Or Him, in love
  2. Ephesians 1:5 Lit having predestined
  3. Ephesians 1:5 Lit good pleasure