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Ephesians 1:5

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Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
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  1. Romans 8:29–30Rank 1 from verse 5
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    29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

    30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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    11In 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:

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    5To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

    6And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

  4. John 1:12Rank 4 from verse 5
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    12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

  5. 1 John 3:1Rank 5 from verse 5
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    1BEHOLD, 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.

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Ephesians 1:5

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predestinated

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of predestinate, meaning to determine or appoint beforehand.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Jesus Christ

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The eternal Word and Son of God, the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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4According 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:

5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

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6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

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