Ephesians 1:4

New Testament Epistle (Pauline) ASV (1901)

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:

Ephesians 1:4 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ephesians 1

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:

4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

5having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

7in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

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