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Ephesians 1:3–11

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3aBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in bthe heavenly places in Christ,

4just as aHe chose us in Him before bthe foundation of the world, that we would be choly and blameless before 1Him. dIn love

51He apredestined us to badoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, caccording to the 2kind intention of His will,

6ato the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in bthe Beloved.

7aIn 1Him we have bredemption cthrough His blood, the dforgiveness of our trespasses, according to ethe riches of His grace

8which He 1lavished on 2us. In all wisdom and insight

9He 1amade known to us the mystery of His will, baccording to His 2kind intention which He cpurposed in Him

10with a view to an administration 1suitable to athe fullness of the times, that is, bthe summing up of all things in Christ, things 2in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

111also we 2ahave obtained an inheritance, having been bpredestined caccording to His purpose who works all things dafter the counsel of His will,

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Ephesians 1:11: In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will…

Footnotes

  1. 1Or Him, in love
  2. 1Lit having predestined
  3. 2Lit good pleasure
  4. 1Lit whom
  5. 1Lit made abundant toward
  6. 2Or us, in all wisdom and insight
  7. 1Lit making known
  8. 2Lit good pleasure
  9. 1Lit of
  10. 2Lit upon
  11. 1Lit in whom also
  12. 2Or were made a heritage

Cross references

  1. a2 Cor 1:3
  2. bEph 1:20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12
  3. aEph 2:10; 2 Thess 2:13f
  4. bMatt 25:34
  5. cEph 5:27; Col 1:22
  6. dEph 4:2, 15, 16; 5:2
  7. aActs 13:48; Rom 8:29f
  8. bRom 8:14ff
  9. cPhil 2:13; Col 1:19
  10. aEph 1:12, 14
  11. bMatt 3:17
  12. aCol 1:14
  13. bRom 3:24; 1 Cor 1:30; Eph 1:14
  14. cActs 20:28; Rom 3:25
  15. dActs 2:38
  16. eRom 2:4; Eph 1:18; 2:7; 3:8, 16
  17. aRom 11:25; Eph 3:3
  18. b1 Cor 1:21; Gal 1:15
  19. cRom 8:28; Eph 1:11
  20. aMark 1:15
  21. bEph 3:15; Phil 2:9f; Col 1:16, 20
  22. aDeut 4:20; Eph 1:14; Titus 2:14
  23. bEph 1:5
  24. cRom 8:28f; Eph 3:11
  25. dRom 9:11; Heb 6:17

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