Bible in Basic English
"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:"
— Ephesians 1:4, Bible in Basic English
“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 should be holy and without blemish 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.”
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the purpose of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and those who have faith in Christ Jesus:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:
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:
As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,