Ephesians 1:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

According as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love:

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  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the King will say to those on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  • Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 Chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.
  • Eph 5:27 : 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
  • Col 1:22 : 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight:
  • Col 3:12 : 12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience.
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 To which he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Eph 4:2 : 2 With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love;
  • Eph 4:15-16 : 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ: 16 From whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
  • Acts 13:48 : 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
  • Titus 1:1-2 : 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the acknowledgment of the truth which is in accordance with godliness; 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began;
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 And all who dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
  • Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to destruction: and those who dwell on the earth shall marvel, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
  • 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
  • Acts 18:10 : 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.'
  • John 15:16 : 16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
  • 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
  • Isa 65:8-9 : 8 Thus says the LORD, 'As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, 'Do not destroy it, for a blessing is in it,' so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. 9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah an inheritor of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. 10 Sharon shall be a fold for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.
  • Matt 11:25-26 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in your sight.
  • Matt 24:22 : 22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.
  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
  • John 10:16 : 16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
  • Deut 7:6-7 : 6 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people:
  • Ps 135:4 : 4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his special treasure.
  • Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from the chief men thereof, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away.
  • Rom 8:33 : 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
  • Rom 9:23-24 : 23 And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 Even us whom He has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?
  • Rom 11:5-6 : 5 Even so then, at this present time there is also a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
  • 1 Cor 1:8 : 8 Who shall also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  • 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all people, just as we do toward you:
  • Col 2:2 : 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 That you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that those also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
  • 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge self-control; and to self-control patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But he who lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall:
  • 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found by him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
  • Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;
  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

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