Verse List for EPH 1:4

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OET (OET-RV) He chose us to follow him even before the creation of the world, so that we could become pure and blameless in front of him. Because of his love

OET-LV as he _chose us in him before the_foundation of_the_world, us to _be holy and blameless in _front _of him in love,

ULT just as he chose us in him from the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and blameless before him. In love

UST In fact, even before God created the world, he chose us to belong to the Messiah, so that the Messiah could make us completely holy for him. Because God loves us,

BSB & MSB For He chose us in Him before [the] foundation of [the] world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

BLB just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world for us to be holy and blameless before Him, in love

AICNT just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love,

OEB For he chose us in our union with Christ before the creation of the universe, so that we might be holy and blameless in his sight, living in the spirit of love.

WEBBE & WMBB even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

NET For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.

LSV according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

FBV just as he chose us to be in him[fn] before the beginning of this world, so that in love we could be holy and without fault before him.

TCNT just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and unblemished before him in love.

T4T Before God created the world, he chose us to be his people because of our ◄relationship with/union with► Christ, in order that God could consider us to be completely holy [DOU]. Because God loves us,

LEB just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love,[fn]

BBE Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

Moff He chose us in him ere the world was founded, to be consecrated and unblemished in his sight,

Wymth even as, in His love, He chose us as His own in Christ before the creation of the world, that we might be holy and without blemish in His presence.

ASV even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

DRA As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.

YLT according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

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

RV even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

SLT As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and blameless before him in love:

Wbstr According 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:

KJB-1769 According 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:
(According as he hath/has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:)

KJB-1611 According as he hath chosen vs in him, before the foundation of the world, that wee should bee holy, and without blame before him in loue:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world, that we shoulde be holy, and without blame before hym, through loue.
(According as he had chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and without blame before him, through love.)

Gnva As hee hath chosen vs in him, before the foundation of the worlde, that we should be holy, and without blame before him in loue:
(As he hath/has chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and without blame before him in love:)

Cvdl acordinge as he had chosen vs by him, or euer the foundacion of the worlde was layed, that we shulde be holy and without blame before him in loue,
(according as he had chosen us by him, or ever the foundation of the world was laid, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love,)

TNT accordynge as he had chosen vs in him before the foundacion of the worlde was layde that we shuld be saintes and without blame before him thorow loue.
(according as he had chosen us in him before the foundation of the world was laid that we should be saints and without blame before him through love.)

Wycl as he hath chosun vs in hym silf bifor the makyng of the world, that we weren hooli, and with out wem in his siyt, in charite.
(as he hath/has chosen us in himself before the making of the world, that we were holy, and with out spot/blemish in his sight, in charity.)

Luth wie er uns denn erwählet hat durch denselbigen, ehe der Welt Grund gelegt war, daß wir sollten sein heilig und unsträflich vor ihm in der Liebe;
(as/like he us/to_us/ourselves because/than chosen has through the_same, before the/of_the world reason(n) placed was, that we/us should be holy and blameless before/in_front_of him in the/of_the love(n);)

ClVg sicut elegit nos in ipso ante mundi constitutionem, ut essemus sancti et immaculati in conspectu ejus in caritate.[fn]
(like chose us in/into/on himself before world constitution, as we_would_be holy and immaculate/unblemished in/into/on in_sight his/her in/into/on charity.)

SR-GNT καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ, ‡

UGNT καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ; ἐν ἀγάπῃ

SBL-GNT καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ,

RP-GNT καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου, εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ,

TC-GNT [fn]καθὼς ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς ἐν αὐτῷ πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου εἶναι ἡμᾶς ἁγίους καὶ ἀμώμους κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀγάπῃ,