Ephesians 1:5
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
KJV
προορίσας ἡμᾶς εἰς υἱοθεσίαν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς αὐτόν, κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ θελήματος αὐτοῦ,
Greek NT
Qui prædestinavit nos in adoptionem filiorum per Jesum Christum in ipsum : secundum propositum voluntatis suæ,
Vulgate
having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
ASV
Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:
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12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εὐδοκία
eudokia
noun · 9×
θέλημα
thelema
noun · 62×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
προορίζω
proorizo
verb · 6×
υἱοθεσία
uiothesia
noun · 5×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
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20 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 5 passages
§257"O blessed light, O Trinity and first Unity!"93 God is eternal blessedness, undying life, unfading light. God is love: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God freely wills to communicate the glory of his blessed life. Such is the "plan of his loving kindness", conceived by the Father before the foundation of the world, in his beloved Son: "He destined us in love to be his sons" and "t…
§294The glory of God consists in the realization of this manifestation and communication of his goodness, for which the world was created. God made us "to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace",138 for "the glory of God is man fully alive; moreover man's life is the vision of God: if God's revelation through crea…
§1077"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. He destined us before him in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of hi…
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61. Therefore if He be other than all things, as has been above shown , and through Him the works rather came to be, let not 'by will?' be applied to Him, or He has similarly come to be as the things consist which through Him come to be. For Paul, whereas he was not before, became afterwards an Apostle 'by the will of God ;' and our own calling, as itself once not being, but no…
Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Does grace imply something in the soul? Is grace a quality? Does grace differ from infused virtue? The subject of grace Article 1. Whether grace implies anything in the soul? Objection 1. It would seem that grace does not imply anything in the soul. For man is said to have the grace of God even as the grace of man. Hence it is written (Genesis 39:21) that the Lord gave to Josep…
Was there any habitual grace in the soul of Christ? Were there virtues in Christ? Did He have faith? Did He have hope? Were there the gifts in Christ? Was the gift of fear in Christ? Were there any gratuitous graces in Christ? Was there prophecy in Christ? Was there the fulness of grace in Him? Was such fulness proper to Christ? Was the grace of Christ infinite? Could it have b…
Heidelberg Catechism · 2 passages
Q. What do you believe when you say: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth? A. That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who out of nothing created heaven and earth and everything in them, who still upholds and rules them by his eternal counsel and providence, is my God and Father because of Christ his Son. I trust him so much that I do not …
Q. Why is he called God's only begotten Son when we also are children of God? A. Because Christ alone is the eternal, natural Son of God. We, however, are adopted children of God — adopted by grace through Christ.
Canons of Dort · 4 passages
Election is God's unchangeable purpose by which he did the following: Before the foundation of the world, by sheer grace, according to the free good pleasure of his will, God chose in Christ to salvation a definite number of particular people out of the entire human race, which had fallen by its own fault from its original innocence into sin and ruin. Those chosen were neither …
This election is not of several kinds but is one and the same election for all who were to be saved in the Old and the New Testaments. For Scripture declares that there is a single good pleasure, purpose, and plan of God's will, by which he chose us from eternity both to grace and to glory, both to salvation and to the way of salvation, which God prepared in advance for us to w…
The true doctrine of election and reprobation having been explained, the Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that the will of God to save those who would believe and persevere in faith and in the obedience of faith is the whole and entire decree of election to salvation, and that nothing else concerning this decree has been revealed in God's Word.
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From eternity God has freely, and of his mere grace, without any respect to men, predestinated or elected the saints whom he wills to save in Christ, according to the words of the apostle: "He chose us in him before the foundation of the world." And again: "Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not in virtue of our works but in virtue of his own purpose and the grace …
God has decreed in Himself from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably, all things whatsoever come to pass. By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestinated or foreordained to eternal life through Jesus Christ, to the praise of His glorious grace; others being left to act in their s…
The Formula affirms that God has from eternity chosen, predestined, and ordained to salvation those whom He foreknew would believe, and that this election is the cause of their salvation, faith, and perseverance. Election is in Christ and is revealed through the means of grace. It denies both a decree of reprobation (that God predestines anyone to damnation) and the idea that e…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:21 — For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
- 1John 3:1 — Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
- 2Cor 6:18 — And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
- 2Cor 6:18 — And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
- 2Thess 1:11 — Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
- 2Thess 1:11 — Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
- Col 1:19 — For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
- Dan 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h
- Eph 1:9 — Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
- Eph 1:11 — 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:
- Eph 1:11 — 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:
- Gal 1:15 — But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
- Gal 3:26 — For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
- Gal 3:26 — For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
- Gal 4:5 — To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
- Gal 4:5 — To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
- Heb 2:4 — God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
- Heb 2:10 — For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
- Heb 2:10 — For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
- Heb 12:5 — And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
- Hos 1:10 — Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my
- Isa 43:21 — This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
- Isa 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
- Jer 3:19 — But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from m
- John 1:12 — But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
- John 11:52 — And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
- John 13:31 — Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
- John 20:17 — Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
- Luke 10:21 — In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so
- Luke 10:21 — In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so
- Luke 11:32 — The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
- Luke 12:32 — Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
- Matt 11:26 — Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
- Phil 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
- Phil 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
- Ps 51:18 — Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- Rev 21:7 — He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
- Rom 8:14 — For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
- Rom 8:14 — For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
- Rom 8:15 — For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.