🛡️WEB · Ephesians 1:5
What does Ephesians 1:5 mean?
"having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,"
— Ephesians 1:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
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