Ephesians 1:11 meaning and explanation
In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
Ephesians 1:11, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul continues the blessing he began in verse 3, writing to believers in Ephesus about what God has done for them in Christ. The Greek word kleroo, here rendered “chosen as God’s own,” carries the sense of receiving an allotted inheritance, echoing Israel’s language of being God’s portion.
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