Ephesians 1:4

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Ephesians 1:4

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Summary

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

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2 Peter 3:14

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For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His

own possession.

“But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob whom I have chosen,
Descendant of Abraham My friend,

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold;
My chosen one in whom My soul delights.
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the nations.

Thus says the Lord,
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is benefit in it,’
So I will act on behalf of My servants
In order not to destroy all of them.

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants.

Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.

When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,

In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation

through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.

Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a

holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

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For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,

You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and

patience;

For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”

For the grace of God has appeared,

bringing salvation to all men,

Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,

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that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you

appear as lights in the world,

yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach—

Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,

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You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.

Says the Lord, who

makes these things known from long ago.

This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,