American Standard Version
"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: "
— Ephesians 1:4, American Standard Version
“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:”
“even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;”
“For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love.”
“As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.”
“Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:”
“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:”
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:
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:
having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,