Ephesians 1:5
Who hath predestinate vs, to be adopted through Iesus Christ in him selfe, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6To the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherewith he hath made vs freely accepted in his beloued,
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:19But I sayde, Howe did I take thee for children and giue thee a pleasant lande, euen the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and saide, Thou shalt call mee, saying, My father, and shalt not turne from me?
Hosea 1:10Yet the nomber of the children of Israel shall be as the sande of the sea, which can not be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was saide vnto them, Yee are not my people, it shall be saide vnto them, Yee are the sonnes of the liuing God.
Matthew 11:26It is so, O Father, because thy good pleasure was such.
Luke 11:32The men of Niniue shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and shall condemne it: for they repented at the preaching of Ionas: and beholde, a greater then Ionas is here.
John 11:52And not for that nation onely, but that he shoulde gather together in one the children of God, which were scattered.
Romans 8:14For as many as are ledde by the Spirit of God, they are the sonnes 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 →