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 a holy people art thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the ground.

For Jacob hath Jah chosen for Himself, Israel for His peculiar treasure.

-- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover,

Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one -- My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.

Thus said Jehovah: As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one hath said, 'Destroy it not for a blessing is in it,' So I do for My servants' sake, not to destroy the whole.

At that time Jesus answering said, 'I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes.

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.

And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe -- as many as were appointed to life age-during;

because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;'

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --

So then also in the present time a remnant according to the choice of grace there hath been;

And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

because of this all things do I endure, because of the choice ones, that they also salvation may obtain that is in Christ Jesus, with glory age-during.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that is according to piety,

Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

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

and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

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for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

To give to us, without fear, Out of the hand of our enemies having been delivered,

'Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and did appoint you, that ye might go away, and might bear fruit, and your fruit might remain, that whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, He may give you.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;

who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, 'The Lord hath known those who are His,' and 'Let him depart from unrighteousness -- every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men,

And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,

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that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

who also shall confirm you unto the end -- unblamable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

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

wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,

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And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I am Jehovah your God;

To serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.

'Known from the ages to God are all His works;

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