Ephesians 1:4

Ephesians chapter 1 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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:

King James Version · 1611

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:

American Standard Version · 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:

v.3Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:

v.4This passage

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

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Galatians 5:13
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
1 Corinthians 1:8
who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Acts 13:48
And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.