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 thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

For Jehovah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, And 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 delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

Thus saith Jehovah, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants'sake, that I may not destroy them all.

At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:

And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

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

But ye are a elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear,

Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

who 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 us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.

For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men,

Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;

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that he might present the church to himself a glorious church , not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world,

yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.

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Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.

In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: