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According as he hath chosenj us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holyk and without blame before him in love:

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1 Peter 1:2• ²elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. (1 Peter 1:2)

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Luke 1:75• ⁷⁵in piety and righteousness before him all our days. (Luke 1:75)

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Col. 1:22• ²²in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it, (Col. 1:22)

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Deut. 7:6‑7• ⁶For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
⁷Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples; (Deut. 7:6‑7)

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Psa. 135:4• ⁴For Jah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, Israel for his own possession. (Psa. 135:4)

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Isa. 41:8‑9• ⁸But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend
⁹--thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee, (Isa. 41:8‑9)

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Isa. 42:1• ¹Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect in whom my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations. (Isa. 42:1)

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Isa. 65:8‑10• ⁸Thus saith Jehovah: As the new wine is found in the cluster, and it is said, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it; so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
⁹And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah a possessor of my mountains; and mine elect shall possess it, and my servants shall dwell there.
¹⁰And the Sharon shall be a fold for flocks, and the valley of Achor a couching-place of the herds, for my people that have sought me. (Isa. 65:8‑10)

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Matt. 11:25‑26• ²⁵At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.
²⁶Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight. (Matt. 11:25‑26)

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Matt. 24:22,24• ²²and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.
²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. (Matt. 24:22,24)

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Matt. 24:31• ³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the one extremity of the heavens to the other extremity of them. (Matt. 24:31)

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John 10:16• ¹⁶And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd. (John 10:16)

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Acts 13:48• ⁴⁸And those of the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life. (Acts 13:48)

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Acts 18:10• ¹⁰because *I* am with thee, and no one shall set upon thee to injure thee; because I have much people in this city. (Acts 18:10)

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Rom. 8:28,30,33• ²⁸But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
³⁰But whom he has predestinated, these also he has called; and whom he has called, these also he has justified; but whom he has justified, these also he has glorified.
³³Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God who justifies: (Rom. 8:28,30,33)

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Rom. 9:23‑24• ²³and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,
²⁴us, whom he has also called, not only from amongst the Jews, but also from amongst the nations? (Rom. 9:23‑24)

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Rom. 11:5‑6• ⁵Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.
⁶But if by grace, no longer of works: since otherwise grace is no more grace. (Rom. 11:5‑6)

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2 Thess. 2:13‑14• ¹³But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
¹⁴whereto he has called you by our glad tidings, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess. 2:13‑14)

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2 Tim. 2:10• ¹⁰For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that *they* also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:10)

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Titus 1:1‑2• ¹Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God's elect, and knowledge of the truth which is according to piety;
²in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the ages of time, (Titus 1:1‑2)

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James 2:5• ⁵Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him? (James 2:5)

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1 Peter 1:2• ²elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. (1 Peter 1:2)

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1 Peter 2:9• ⁹But *ye* are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light; (1 Peter 2:9)

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Matt. 25:34• ³⁴Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation: (Matt. 25:34)

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John 17:24• ²⁴Father, as to those whom thou hast given me, I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. (John 17:24)

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Acts 15:18• ¹⁸known from eternity. (Acts 15:18)

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1 Peter 1:20• ²⁰foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes, (1 Peter 1:20)

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Rev. 13:8• ⁸and all that dwell on the earth shall do it homage, every one whose name had not been written from the founding of the world in the book of life of the slain Lamb. (Rev. 13:8)

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Rev. 17:8• ⁸The beast which thou sawest was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go into destruction: and they who dwell on the earth, whose names are not written from the founding of the world in the book of life, shall wonder, seeing the beast, that it was, and is not, and shall be present. (Rev. 17:8)

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Eph. 2:10• ¹⁰For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has before prepared that we should walk in them. (Eph. 2:10)

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Luke 1:74‑75• ⁷⁴to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear
⁷⁵in piety and righteousness before him all our days. (Luke 1:74‑75)

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John 15:16• ¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and that ye should bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you. (John 15:16)

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Rom. 8:28‑29• ²⁸But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
²⁹Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brethren. (Rom. 8:28‑29)

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Col. 3:12• ¹²Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; (Col. 3:12)

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1 Thess. 4:7• ⁷For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification. (1 Thess. 4:7)

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2 Tim. 1:9• ⁹who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time, (2 Tim. 1:9)

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2 Tim. 2:19• ¹⁹Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord withdraw from iniquity. (2 Tim. 2:19)

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Titus 2:11‑12• ¹¹For the grace of God which carries with it salvation for all men has appeared,
¹²teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things, (Titus 2:11‑12)

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2 Peter 1:5‑10• ⁵But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
⁶in knowledge temperance, in temperance endurance, in endurance godliness,
⁷in godliness brotherly love, in brotherly love love:
⁸for these things existing and abounding in you make you to be neither idle nor unfruitful as regards the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
⁹for he with whom these things are not present is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the purging of his former sins.
¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall; (2 Peter 1:5‑10)

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Eph. 5:27• ²⁷that *he* might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless. (Eph. 5:27)

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1 Cor. 1:8• ⁸who shall also confirm you to the end, unimpeachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 1:8)

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Phil. 2:15• ¹⁵that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world, (Phil. 2:15)

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Col. 1:22• ²²in the body of his flesh through death; to present you holy and unblamable and irreproachable before it, (Col. 1:22)

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2 Peter 3:14• ¹⁴Wherefore, beloved, as ye wait for these things, be diligent to be found of him in peace, without spot and blameless; (2 Peter 3:14)

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Eph. 3:17• ¹⁷that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love, (Eph. 3:17)

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Eph. 4:2,15‑16• ²with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
¹⁵but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
¹⁶from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to the working in its measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love. (Eph. 4:2,15‑16)

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Eph. 5:2• ²and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. (Eph. 5:2)

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Gal. 5:6,13,22• ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
¹³For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only do not turn liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, (Gal. 5:6,13,22)

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Col. 2:2• ²to the end that their hearts may be encouraged, being united together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the full knowledge of the mystery of God; (Col. 2:2)

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1 Thess. 3:12• ¹²But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you, (1 Thess. 3:12)

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1 John 4:16• ¹⁶And *we* have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:16)

• Take special notice here of the way in which the Holy Spirit keeps it continually before our eyes, that all is in Christ....This is one of the fundamental principles of the Spirit’s instruction in this place. The other is that the blessing has its origin in God Himself. (“Ephesians 1” by J.N. Darby)

• In verses 4-6 our own portion in Christ before God is developed. Verse 4 depends on the name of God; verse 5, on that of Father. (“Ephesians 1” by J.N. Darby)

• God could find His moral delight only in Himself and in that which morally resembles Him. (“Ephesians 1” by J.N. Darby)

• But this flows from the heart of God Himself, from a thought outside the circumstances in which He finds us in time. Before the world was, this was our place in His heart. He purposed to give us a place in Christ. He chose us in Him. (“Ephesians 1” by J.N. Darby)

• This shows that we belong in the counsels of God to a system set up by Him in Christ before the world existed, which is not of the world when it does exist, and exists after the fashion of this world has passed away. (“Ephesians 1” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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according as he has chosen us in him before the world’s foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;

W. Kelly Translation

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even as he chose us in him before [the] world’s foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love;