Ephesians 1:5
having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:19And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father — ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.
Hosea 1:10and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye [are] not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;
Matthew 11:26Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.
Luke 11:32'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!
John 11:52and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one.
Romans 8:14for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these 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 →