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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That

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2 Peter 3:14

General references

Luke 1:75

Acts 15:18

Ephesians 3:11

Bible References

As

At that season Jesus, answering, said, "I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, because Thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and didst reveal them to babes.

And, unless those days should be shortened, no flesh could be saved: but, for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.

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

And the gentiles, having heard it, were rejoicing, and glorifying the word of God; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

because I am with you, and no one shall set on you to harm you; because I have much people in this city.

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

and that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us,

Even so, then, at this present time also, a remnant, according to an election of grace, has been reserved.

But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord; because God, from the beginning, chose you to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of truth;

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

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

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

elect according to the fore-knowledge 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 "an elect race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation," a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

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for we are His workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared, that we should walk in them.

to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might 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 all things are working together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose;

Put on, therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering;

For God did not call us unto 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 eternal ages,

Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God has been standing, having this seal, "The Lord knew those who are His:" and "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

For the salvation-imparting grace of God appeared to all men,

and, even for this very reason, adding all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in virtue, knowledge;

Without

that He might present to Himself the assembly, glorious, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it may be holy and without blemish.

Who will also confirm you unto the end, unaccusable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God, irreproachable in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

yet now did He reconcile in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and without blemish, and irreproachable, before Him;

Wherefore, beloved, since ye are looking for these things, give diligence that ye be found in peace, without spot and blameless in His sight.

General references

in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.

saith the Lord, Who maketh these things known from of old.

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