even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and without blemish before Him in love, Ephesians 1:4 NASB Without blemish – In Greek, negative word constructions are sometimes made up of two combined parts. It is something like our English “un” as in “unfit” or…
for us to be holy and without blemish before Him in love Ephesians 1:4 Before – Verbal imagery from the ancient world is often lost in contemporary language. Here we have a seemingly common preposition, but if we only could see the Greek, we would recognize something quite significant. The word is not the common…
according as He chose us in Him before the foundations of the world Ephesians 1:4 Chose – There are only a few verses that cause more argument than this one. Once we decide that our theology needs to close all the gaps, we are bound to confront that age-old question of predestination. But perhaps we…
“even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and without blemish before Him in love,” Ephesians 1:4 Without blemish – In Greek, negative word constructions are sometimes made up of two combined parts. It is something like our English “un-” as in “unfit” or “ungrateful”. …
