having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ephesians 1:5 in context
Ephesians 1:2–8
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
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even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,
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having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
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to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved.
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In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
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which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
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