“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:”
For he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight — election (exelexato) before the kosmokatabolēs ('foundation of the world') reveals God's choice as pre-temporal, not reactive to human history; the purpose is holiness (hagioi) and blamelessness (amōmoi), terms drawn from Temple sacrifice and purity language, now applied to the redeemed community.
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