Ephesians 1:11
Ephesians 1:11 (KJV) In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: Ephesians 1:11 (Rotherham) In whom also we were taken as an inheritance, according to the purpose of him who energiseth all things according to the counsel of his will, Ephesians 1:11 (Literal) And in him we were made an inheritance also, marked out beforehand as God’s property according to God’s intense desire, Ephesians 1:11 (Expanded) In the fullness-of-time administration we in Christ, the Church of the Body, because of God’s foreknowledge, have an established inheritance. For in Christ we were chosen as God’s inheritance for an inheritance, having been marked out for this purpose by the intense desire of God,
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CONTEXT- All Spiritual Blessings Ephesians 1:3-14 (Literal) 3 God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is blessed. He blessed us with every spiritual blessing, throughly heavenly, by Christ, 4 according as He chose us in Himself before the overthrow of the world, that we should be the sanctified ones, unblemished in His presence. 5 And in love He marked us out beforehand unto Himself, even placed us as adopted sons by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 for the purpose of giving praise to God for His glorious grace in which He made us abundantly lovely and acceptable by means of His beloved Son, 7 that in him there is given to us redemption, and by his blood, remission of sin, according to the wealth of His grace 8 that has superabounded toward us in all wisdom and with all understanding. 9 God has made known unto us by experience the Mystery of His will which befo