Ephesians 1:5

having predestinated us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

In Context

4according as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love,

6for the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he has shown us favor in the Beloved,

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Cross References

Matthew 11:26Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.

Luke 11:32The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it; for they repented in accordance with the preaching of Jonah; and lo, something greater than Jonah is here.

John 11:52and not for the nation only, but that he should gather into one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

Romans 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 1:4-15

Praise for Spiritual Blessings. ( a. d. 61.) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 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: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us… Read the whole commentary →

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