Ephesians 1:5
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having predestined us to be His own adopted children by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will—
For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]—
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
God destined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ because of his love. This was according to his goodwill and plan
He determined in advance that through Yeshua the Messiah we would be his sons — in keeping with his pleasure and purpose —
God was kind and decided that Christ would choose us to be God's own adopted children.
having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
having predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ to Himself according-to the good-pleasure of His will,
Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:
And before the world was made, God decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. This was what God wanted, and it pleased him to do it.
Long ago, he already decided to accept us into his family as his children, because of Jesus Christ. He chose us to belong to him because it made him very happy.
he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ. He did this in accordance with the good purpose of his will,
he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
Because of his love [C this phrase may go with the previous sentence], God ·had already decided to make us his own children [L predestined us for adoption] through Jesus Christ. That was what he wanted and what pleased him,
Who hath predestinated us, to be adopted through Jesus Christ in himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.
Because of his love he had already decided to adopt us through Jesus Christ. He freely chose to do this
God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his children—this was his pleasure and purpose.
He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will,
And before the world was made, God decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. That was what he wanted and what pleased him.
he predestined us for adoption to himself through Jesus the Messiah, according to the pleasure of his will,
Praise be to God for giving us through Christ every possible spiritual benefit as citizens of Heaven! For consider what he has done—before the foundation of the world he chose us to become, in Christ, his holy and blameless children living within his constant care. He planned, in his purpose of love, that we should be adopted as his own children through Jesus Christ—that we might learn to praise that glorious generosity of his which has made us welcome in the everlasting love he bears towards the Son.
having marked out beforehand the way for us to be adopted as sons by Jesus Christ in himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
by predestining us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
having predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will,
His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by sending Jesus Christ to die for us. And he did this because he wanted to!
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
He predestined us to adoption as sons to Himself through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of His will,
he predestined us for adoption as his own sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Because of his love he had already decided to adopt us through Yeshua Christ. He freely chose to do this
he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will,
He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,
He predestined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his purpose and pleasure,
Because of his love, God had already decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. That was what he wanted and what pleased him,
He did this by predestining us to adoption as his legal heirs through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will—
So he decided long ago to adopt us. He adopted us as his children with all the rights children have. He did it because of what Jesus Christ has done. It pleased God to do it.
he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—
he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will –
having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
God already planned to have us as His own children. This was done by Jesus Christ. In His plan God wanted this done.
God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.
And he predestined us through Jesus Christ to be his heirs, in accordance with his pleasure and will,
He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
He foreordained us for himself, to be adopted as sons and daughters through Jesus the Messiah. That’s how he wanted it, and that’s what gave him delight,
Having provided the yi’ud merosh (predestination) for us to be chosen as adopted bnei brit through Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua to Himself, according to the chafetz (good pleasure) of His ratzon (will),
having predestined us to be adopted, through Jesus Christ, to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
He predestined us for adoption as sons through Messiah Yeshua, in keeping with the good pleasure of His will—
He destined us to be adopted as His children through the covenant Jesus the Anointed inaugurated in His sacrificial life. This was His pleasure and His will for us.
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
Because he loved us, he planned that we should be his own children. It is through Jesus Christ that we are God's children. That is the way God wanted it to be.
Which hath before-ordained us into [the] adoption of sons by Jesus Christ into him, by the purpose of his will [after the purpose of his will],
having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
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