Ephesians
King James Version (KJV)
Ephesians 1:4
“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:”
King James Version (KJV)
Ephesians 1:4 Context
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4According 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: 5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
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Translation Details for Ephesians 1:4
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:
Other Translations for Ephesians 1:4
Bible Commentary for Ephesians 1:4
Wesley's Notes for Ephesians 1:4
1:4 As he hath chosen us - Both Jews and gentiles, whom he foreknew as believing in Christ, #1Pet 1:2|.
People's Bible Notes for Ephesians 1:4
Eph 1:4 According as. "Even as", in the Revised Version. Chosen us in him before the foundation of the world. This does not affirm that God chose some individuals and rejected others, but that before the world was, before there was Jew or Gentile, God chose to have a people for himself, the whole church of Christ, a covenant people confined to no one earthly race. That we should be holy. God chose them that they might be holy. Holiness is the proof that a church is a chosen church.
According as he hath chosen vs in him, before the foundation of the world, that wee should bee holy, and without blame before him in loue:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love
- New American Standard Version (1995)
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
- American Standard Version (1901)
Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
- Basic English Bible
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
according as he has chosen us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;
- Darby Bible
As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
- English Revised Version
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;
- World English Bible