Ephesians 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,”
Ephesians 1:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Ephesians 1:515 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 1:5
“In love,” says he, “having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto Himself.” Do you observe how that nothing is done without Christ? Nothing without the Father? The one has predestinated, the other has brought us near. And these words he adds by way of heightening the things which have been done, in the same way as he says also elsewhere, “And not only so, but we also rejoice in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:11 For great indeed are…
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