Ephesians 1:3–5
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3fBlessed be gthe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings hin heavenly ||places in Christ: 4According as ihe hath jchosen us in him kbefore the foundation of the world, that we should be lholy and without blame before him in love: 5mHaving predestinated us unto nthe adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, oaccording to the good pleasure of his will,
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- gSee Rom. 15:6.
- hver. 20. ch. 2:6. & 3:10. & 6:12 (Gk.).
- ||Or, things.
- iSo ch. 2:10. 2 Thess. 2:13.
- kSo 1 Pet. 1:20. John 17:24. Comp. 2 Esdr. 2:41. & 9:8.
- lch. 5:27. Col. 1:22 in the Gk. So Luke 1:75. 1 Thess. 4:7. Tit. 2:12, 14. 1 Pet. 1:2.
- mRom. 8:29, 30. ver. 11.
- nSee Rom. 8:15. So 2 Cor. 6:18. 1 John 3:1.
- over. 9. Matt. 11:26. Luke 10:21. So Luke 12:32. Heb. 2:4. See Luke 2:14. & 1 Cor. 1:21.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ. For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him. He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
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NLTNew Living Translation
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love, having predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will,
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