BLB Eph 1

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Eph 1:4 — 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

as		Deu 7:6,7; Psa 135:4; Isa 41:8,9; Isa 42:1; Isa 65:8-10; Mat 11:25,26; Mat 24:22,24; Mat 24:31; Jhn 10:16; Act 13:48; Act 18:10; Rom 8:28,30,33; Rom 9:23,24; Rom 11:5,6; 2Th 2:13,14; 2Ti 2:10; Tts 1:1,2; Jam 2:5; 1Pe 1:2; 1Pe 2:9
before		Mat 25:34; Jhn 17:24; Act 15:18; 1Pe 1:20; Rev 13:8; Rev 17:8
that		Eph 2:10; Luk 1:74,75; Jhn 15:16; Rom 8:28,29; Col 3:12; 1Th 4:7; 2Ti 1:9; 2Ti 2:19; Tts 2:11,12; 2Pe 1:5-10
without		Eph 5:27; 1Cr 1:8; Phl 2:15; Col 1:22; 2Pe 3:14
love		Eph 3:17; Eph 4:2,15,16; Eph 5:2; Gal 5:6,13,22; Col 2:2; 1Th 3:12; 1Jo 4:16

Correlating Passages

	Deu 7:6	For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.
	Deu 7:7	The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:
	Psa 135:4	For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.
	Isa 41:8	But thou, Israel, [art] my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
	Isa 41:9	[Thou] whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou [art] my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
	Isa 42:1	Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
	Isa 65:8	Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and [one] saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing [is] in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
	Isa 65:9	And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
	Isa 65:10	And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
	Mat 11:25	At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
	Mat 11:26	Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
	Mat 24:22	And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
	Mat 24:24	For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
	Mat 24:31	And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
	Jhn 10:16	And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
	Act 13:48	And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
	Act 18:10	For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
	Rom 8:28	And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
	Rom 8:30	Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
	Rom 8:33	Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth.
	Rom 9:23	And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
	Rom 9:24	Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
	Rom 11:5	Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
	Rom 11:6	And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if [it be] of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
	2Th 2:13	But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
	2Th 2:14	Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
	2Ti 2:10	Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
	Tts 1:1	Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
	Tts 1:2	In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
	Jam 2:5	Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
	1Pe 1:2	Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
	1Pe 2:9	But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

before

	Mat 25:34	Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
	Jhn 17:24	Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
	Act 15:18	Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
	1Pe 1:20	Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
	Rev 13:8	And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
	Rev 17:8	The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

that

	Eph 2:10	For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
	Luk 1:74	That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
	Luk 1:75	In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
	Jhn 15:16	Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
	Rom 8:28	And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
	Rom 8:29	For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
	Col 3:12	Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
	1Th 4:7	For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
	2Ti 1:9	Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
	2Ti 2:19	Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
	Tts 2:11	For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
	Tts 2:12	Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
	2Pe 1:5	And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
	2Pe 1:6	And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
	2Pe 1:7	And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
	2Pe 1:8	For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
	2Pe 1:9	But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
	2Pe 1:10	Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

without