Ephesians 1:5

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
KJV
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
WEB
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
ASV
having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
DARBY
having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
BLB
having predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
ÅB
idet han i kjærlighet forut bestemte oss til å få barnekår hos seg ved Jesus Kristus etter sin viljes frie råd,
OTB
forutbestemte Han oss til å bli Hans barn ved Jesus Kristus, etter sin viljes gode behag,
B1930
idet han i kjærlighet forut bestemte oss til å få barnekår hos sig ved Jesus Kristus efter sin viljes frie råd,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 8:29–30

    For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

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  • Ephesians 1:11

    In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

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  • Galatians 4:5–6

    to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.

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  • John 1:12

    But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—

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  • 1 John 3:1

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

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  • Romans 8:14–17

    For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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  • Galatians 3:26

    You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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  • Romans 8:23

    Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

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