Ephesians 1:6

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4 just as ^aHe chose us in Him ^bbefore the foundation of the world, that we should ^cbe holy and without blame before Him in love,

5 ^ahaving predestined us to ^badoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, ^caccording to the good pleasure of His will,

6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, ^aby which He made us accepted in ^bthe Beloved.

7 ^aIn Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to ^bthe riches of His grace

8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and¹ prudence,

9 ^ahaving made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure ^bwhich He purposed in Himself,

10 that in the dispensation of ^athe fullness of the times ^bHe might gather together in one ^call things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Ephesians 1:6

To the praise of the glory of his grace - ̔· The glory of his grace, for , his glorious or illustrious grace, according to the Hebrew idiom. But the grace or mercy of God is peculiarly illustrated and glorified in the plan of redemption by Christ Jesus. By the giving of the Law, God' s justice and holiness were rendered most glorious; by the giving of the Gospel, his grace and mercy are made equally conspicuous.

Wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved - This translation of ̔ͅ ̔ ͅ ͅ is not clear; with which he has graciously favored us through the Beloved, is at once more literal and more intelligible. Whitby, Macknight, and Wakefield translate the passage in nearly the same way.

In the Beloved must certainly mean in Christ, who is termed God' s beloved Son, Matthew 3:17; but several excellent MSS., such as D*EFG, the later Syriac, the Ethiopic, Vulgate, Itala, with several of the fathers, add, ͅ , his beloved Son. This is the meaning, whether the reading be received or rejected.

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