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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Bible References

As

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

For Yahweh has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel as His treasured possession.

But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
descendant of Abraham, My friend—

“This is My Servant; I strengthen Him,
this is My Chosen One; I delight in Him.
I have put My Spirit on Him;
He will bring justice to the nations.

The Lord says this:

As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes,
and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it,
for there’s some good in it,’
so I will act because of My servants
and not destroy them all.

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

Unless those days were limited, no one would survive. But those days will be limited because of the elect.

But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the message of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.

For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.”

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.

And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory on objects of mercy that He prepared beforehand for glory—

In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace.

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to build up the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ.

May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

But you are a chosen race,

a royal priesthood,

a holy nation,

a people for His possession,

so that you may proclaim the praises

of the One who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light.

That

For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them.

since we have been rescued
from our enemies’ clutches,
to serve Him without fear

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose.

Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

For God has not called us to impurity but to sanctification.

He 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 given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:

The Lord knows those who are His,

and

Everyone who names the name of the Lord
must turn away from unrighteousness.

For the grace of God has appeared with salvation for all people,

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,

Without

He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.

But now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Him—

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found at peace with Him without spot or blemish.

General references

Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God.

in holiness and righteousness
in His presence all our days.

known from long ago.

This is according to His eternal purpose accomplished in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.