the glorious church—the body of Christ—which is here predestined “to be holy and without blame” and to have “an inheritance” in Christ that the believer might “be holy and without blame before him in love” (Ep. 1:4, 11). As to election, God is “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Pe. 3:9). However, man has the power to reject God’s will. Predestination: 2861 Election: 707 Some scholars raise the question whether the epistle refers to the visible or the