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Ephesians 1:4

James Moffatt - New Testament

He chose us in him ere the world was founded, to be consecrated and unblemished in his sight,

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who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration — not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

God has made us what we are, creating us in Christ Jesus for the good deeds which are prepared beforehand by God as our sphere of action.

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Listen, my beloved brothers; has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the realm which he has promised to those who love him?

But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light —

and all the dwellers on earth will be his worshippers, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of Life.

You have not chosen me, it is I who have chosen you, appointing you to go and bear fruit — fruit that lasts, so that the Father may grant you whatever you ask in my name.

whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: may grace and peace be multiplied to you.

He was predestined before the foundation of the world and has appeared at the end of the ages for your sake;

As God's own chosen, then, as consecrated and beloved, be clothed with compassion, kindliness, humility, gentleness, and good temper —

so as to set you consecrated and unblemished and irreproachable in his presence —

in order to have the church as his very own, standing before him in all her glory, with never a spot or wrinkle or any such flaw, but consecrated and unblemished.

The Beast you have seen was, is not, but is to rise from the abyss — yet to perdition he shall go — and the dwellers on earth will wonder (all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of Life), when they see that the Beast was, is not, but is coming.

When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord and believed, that is, all who had been ordained to eternal life;

Father, it is my will that these, thy gift to me, may be beside me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me, because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

God did not call us to be impure but to be consecrated;

so as to be blameless and innocent, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverse generation where you shine like stars in a dark world;

But the solid foundation laid by God remains, and this is its inscription: the Lord knows who are his, and 'let everyone who names the name of the Lord give up evil.'

for I am with you, and no one shall attack and injure you; I have many people in this city."

All I endure is for the sake of the elect, to let them obtain their share of the salvation of Christ Jesus and also of eternal glory.

with perfect modesty and gentleness, showing forbearance to one another patiently, zealous in love

and to the very end he will guarantee that you are vindicated on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He will despatch his angels with a loud trumpet call to muster his elect from the four winds, from the verge of heaven to the verge of earth.

and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

I have other sheep, too, which do not belong to this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; so it will be one flock, one shepherd.

And may the Lord make you increase and excel in love to one another and to all men (as is my love for you),

May Christ dwell in your hearts as you have faith!

Brothers, you were called to be free; only, do not make your freedom an opening for the flesh, but serve one another in love.

Who is to accuse the elect of God? When God acquits,

for false Christs and false prophets will rise and bring forward great signs and wonders, so as to mislead the very elect, — if that were possible.

Had not those days been cut short, not a soul would be saved alive; however, for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

well, we do know, we have believed, the love God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

Then, beloved, as you are expecting this, be eager to be found by him unspotted and unblemished in serene assurance.

May their hearts be encouraged! May they learn the meaning of love! May they have all the wealth of conviction that comes from insight! May they learn to know that open secret of God, the Father of Christ,

But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,

in Christ Jesus circumcision is not valid, neither is uncircumcision, but only faith active in love.

who makes this known from of old.




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