5having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,


In Context

2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

4 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;

5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

Ephesians 1:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will--

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:5having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5Having predestinated us to the adoption of children to himself by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5Having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,