Ephesians 1:5 — Community Reflections

EPHESIANS 1:5 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 1

“Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,”

In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will — predestination (proorisas) and adoption (huiothesians) unite the juridical act of legal status with the relational reality of family belonging; this adoption is the goal of creation itself, the Father's pleasure (eudokia) made visible in the Son.

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Walking by faith — Ephesians 1

This is one of those passages that reads differently in every season of life. The promise here is not conditional on our strength but on His character.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is ...