NET Bible
"For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love."
— Ephesians 1:4, NET Bible
“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;”
“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:”
¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints[in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Spiritual Blessings in Christ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love.
He did this by predestining us to adoption as his legal heirs through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will–
to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of his grace