Ephesians 1:5
having in love predestinated us for himself to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved;
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:19Then I said, how will I place thee among my children, And give thee a pleasant land, A goodly inheritance among the hosts of nations! And I said, Thou wilt call me thy father; Thou wilt not turn aside from following me.
Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured, or numbered; and in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there shall it be said to them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
Matthew 11:26Yea, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Luke 11:32The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and lo! something more than Jonah is here.
John 11:52and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together in one body the children of God that are scattered abroad.
Romans 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are 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 →