Ephesians 1:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

General references

Luke 1:75

Acts 15:18

Ephesians 3:11

Bible References

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At that time Jesus said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for concealing these matters from wise and learned men, and for revealing them to little children.

And if those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's chosen people those days will be cut short.

I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will listen to my voice, and all my sheep will become one flock with one shepherd.

The heathen kept on listening and rejoicing and giving the glory to God's message, and all who had been destined to eternal life believed,

because I am with you, and no one is going to attack you so as to injure you, because I have many people in this city."

Yes, we know that all things go on working together for the good of those who keep on loving God, who are called in accordance with God's purpose.

so as to make known the riches of His glory for the objects of His mercy, whom He prepared in ages past to share His glory --

So it is at the present time; a remnant remains, in accordance with God's unmerited favor.

We ought always to be thanking God for you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's consecration of you and through your faith in the truth,

For this reason I am bearing anything for the sake of His chosen people, so that they too may obtain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.

Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to stimulate faith in God's chosen people and to lead them on to a full knowledge of religious truth,

Listen, my dearly loved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

the people chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood: spiritual blessing and peace to you in increasing abundance.

But you are the chosen race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the people to be His very own, to proclaim the perfections of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.

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For He has made us what we are, because He has created us through our union with Christ Jesus for doing good deeds which He beforehand planned for us to do.

to grant us deliverance from the dreaded hand of our foes, so that we could serve Him

You have not chosen me; I have chosen you, and appointed you to go and bear fruit, that your fruit may remain too, so that the Father may grant you, as bearers of my name, whatever you ask Him for.

Yes, we know that all things go on working together for the good of those who keep on loving God, who are called in accordance with God's purpose.

So as God's own chosen people, consecrated and dearly loved, you must once for all clothe yourselves with tenderheartedness, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience; you must keep on

For God did not call us to a life of immorality, but to one of personal purity.

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with anything that we had done, but in accordance with His own purpose and unmerited favor which was shown us through union with Christ Jesus eternal ages ago,

But God's foundation stands unshaken, with these inscriptions: "The Lord knows the people who belong to Him" and "Everyone who bears the name of the Lord must abstain from evil."

For God's favor has appeared with its offer of salvation to all mankind,

Now for this very reason you must do your level best to supplement your faith with moral character, moral character with knowledge,

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that He might present the church to Himself as a splendid bride without a blot or wrinkle or anything like it, but to be consecrated and faultless.

and to the very end He will guarantee that you are vindicated at the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

so that you may prove to be blameless and spotless, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverted age, in which you shine as light-bearers in the world as you continue

by His death in His human body, so as to present you consecrated, faultless, and blameless in His presence,

Therefore, dearly beloved, since you are expecting this, be in earnest to be found by Him without a blot, without reproach, and at peace.

General references

in holiness and uprightness In His own presence all our days.

who has been making this known from ages past.'

in accordance with the eternal purpose which God executed in the gift of Christ Jesus our Lord.