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

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For thou are a holy people to LORD thy God. LORD thy God has chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

For LORD has chosen Jacob to himself, Israel for his own possession.

But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

Thus says LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and [a man] says, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it, so I will do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.

Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would be saved. But because of the chosen those days will be shortened.

And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring those also, and they will hear my voice. And there will become one flock, one shepherd.

And hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as were appointed for eternal life believed.

because I am with thee, and no man will lay upon thee to harm thee, because many people are for me in this city.

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

and that he might make known the wealth of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he previously prepared for glory,

So then also at this present time there has become a remnant according to the selection of grace.

But we are indebted to express thanks to God always about you, brothers, beloved by Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, in sanctification of spirit and belief of truth,

Because of this I endure all things because of the chosen, so that they also may experience salvation in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

Paul, a bondman of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the chosen of God, and the knowledge of truth according to piety,

Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?

chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace be multiplied.

But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for an acquired possession, so that ye might broadly proclaim the excellencies of him who 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 preordained that we should walk in them.

without fear from the hand of our enemies, having been saved to serve him

Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.

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

Put on therefore, as chosen men of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, longsuffering,

For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

Who saved us and who called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.

Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, Lord knows those who are his, and, Let every man who names the name of Lord keep away from unrighteousness.

For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men,

Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge,

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so that he might present it to himself, the glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and unblemished.

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

so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.

in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblemished and unblameable before him.

Therefore, beloved, anticipating these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, without spot and blameless.

General references

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and become ye holy, for I am LORD your God.

in piety and righteousness before him all our the days of our life.

Known to God from the age are all his works.

according to the purpose of the ages, which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord,