Ephesians 1:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.  ,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

Common English Bible

⁴ God chose us in Christ to be holy and blameless in God’s presence before the creation of the world.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy and immaculate in his sight, in charity.

Ephesians 1:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:24

I was blameless before him and kept myself from my iniquity.

Isaiah 42:1

‘This  is my servant;  I strengthen him, this is my chosen one;  I delight in him. I have put my Spirit on him; he will bring justice  to the nations.

Leviticus 19:2

‘Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy  because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Leviticus 20:7

Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 24:22

Unless those days were cut short, no one would   be saved. But those days will be cut short because of the elect.

Matthew 24:24

For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray,   if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:31

He will send out his angels with a loud trumpet,   and they will gather his elect from the four winds,   from one end of the sky to the other.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom   prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

John 10:16

But I have other sheep   that are not from this sheepfold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you.   I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask   the Father in my name,   he will give you.

John 17:24

‘Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am,   so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation.

Acts 13:48

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and honoured the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.

Acts 15:18

known from long ago.   ,,

Acts 18:10

For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.’

Romans 8:33

Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?  God is the one who justifies.

1 Corinthians 1:8

He will also strengthen you to the end,  so that you will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Galatians 5:13

For you were called  to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity  for the flesh, but serve one another through love.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit  is love,  joy,  peace, patience,  kindness,  goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith  working through love.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are his workmanship, created  in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance  for us to do.

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,

Ephesians 4:2

with all humility  and gentleness, with patience,  bearing  with one another in love,

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us,  a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

Ephesians 5:27

He did this to present the church to himself in splendour, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and blameless.

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless  and pure,  children of God who are faultless  in a crooked  and perverted  generation,  among whom you shine like stars in the world,

Colossians 1:22

But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through his death,  to present you holy, faultless,  and blameless before him   #– #

Colossians 2:2

I want their hearts to be encouraged  and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery   #– #Christ.  ,

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved,  put on compassion, kindness,  humility,  gentleness,  and patience,

1 Thessalonians 3:12

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love  for one another  and for everyone, just as we do for you.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God has not called us to impurity  but to live in holiness.

2 Timothy 1:9

He has saved us and called us with a holy calling,  not according to our works,  but according to his own purpose  and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.

2 Timothy 2:10

This is why I endure  all things for the elect:  so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 2:19

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription:  The Lord knows those who are his,   , and let everyone who calls on the name  of  the Lord turn away from wickedness.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world  to be rich in faith  and heirs  of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 1:2

according to the foreknowledge  of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,  to be obedient  and to be sprinkled with the blood  of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

1 Peter 1:20

He was foreknown  before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times  for you.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race,   ,, a royal priesthood,   , a holy nation,   , a people for his possession,   , so that you may proclaim the praises   ,, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found without spot or blemish in his sight, at peace.

1 John 4:16

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

Revelation 13:8

All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book  of life  of the Lamb who was slaughtered.  ,

Revelation 17:8

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss  and go to destruction.  Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world  will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and is to come.