Ephesians 1:4

Modern English Version

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before Him in love;

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:24

I am blameless toward Him, and I have kept myself from guilt.

Psalm 135:4

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His own possession.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one, in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth justice to the nations.

Leviticus 19:2

Speak to all the congregation of the Israelites, and say to them: You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

Leviticus 20:7

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

Matthew 24:22

“Unless those days were shortened, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

Matthew 24:24

For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 24:31

And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

Matthew 25:34

“Then the King will say to those at His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.

John 10:16

I have other sheep who are not of this fold. I must also bring them, and they will hear My voice. There will be one flock and one shepherd.

John 15:16

You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that the Father may give you whatever you ask Him in My name.

John 17:24

“Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, that they may see My glory which You have given Me. For You loved Me before the creation of the world.

Acts 13:48

When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And all who were ordained to eternal life believed.

Acts 15:18

Known to God are all His works since the beginning of the world.

Acts 18:10

For I am with you, and no one shall attack you and hurt you, for I have many people in this city.”

Romans 8:33

Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

1 Corinthians 1:8

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

Galatians 5:13

You, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only do not use liberty to give an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Galatians 5:6

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith which works through love.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 3:17

and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Ephesians 4:2

With all humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another in love,

Ephesians 5:2

Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us as a fragrant offering and a sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:27

and that He might present to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Philippians 2:15

that you may be blameless and harmless, sons of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world.

Colossians 1:22

in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach in His sight,

Colossians 2:2

that their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and receive all the riches and assurance of full understanding, and knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

Colossians 3:12

So embrace, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, a spirit of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and longsuffering.

1 Thessalonians 3:12

And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all men, even as we do for you.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not by our works, but by His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

2 Timothy 2:10

Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

2 Timothy 2:19

But the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

1 Peter 1:2

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

1 Peter 1:20

He was foreordained before the creation 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 God’s own possession, so that you may declare the goodness of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless.

1 John 4:16

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

Revelation 13:8

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 17:8

The beast, which you saw, was, and is not, and is to ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to destruction. Those who dwell on the earth whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and is to come.