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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.  
11 aIn Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to bthe purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,  
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What Does Ephesians 1:6 Mean?



Ephesians 1:6-7

"Redemption" implies the payment of a ransom. We have been redeemed or bought back.

"Through His blood" reminds us that making the New Covenant cost Him His life (I Corinthians 11:25).

Forgiveness here suggests "to be loosened from bondage." The Greek word-picture is of somebody who is tied up by cords or ropes. Have we, as Christians, been loosened from a political entity, as the Israelites were redeemed from Egypt? No. Were we in bondage to another human being? No. Have we been freed from sin? Yes, that is what held us in bondage. The word translated "sins" is paráptoma, which indicates deviations from the right path. We have been held in bondage by our deviations from the right path, but now we have been loosed or freed from that bondage according to His grace.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Awesome Cost of Salvation

Related Topics: Bondage | Bondage to Sin | Bondage, Release from | Bondage, Spiritual | Forgiveness | Grace, Costliness of | Jesus Christ as Ransom | Jesus Christ as Redeemer | Paraptoma | Ransom | Redemption | Redemption Price | Salvation | Salvation, Awesome Cost of | Sin, Slavery to | Slave of Sin



Ephesians 1:3-6

His Word declares that in His love He predestined us "according to the good pleasure of His will." It does not say that He predestined us according to what He foresaw we would become, that He chose us because we were from a particular ethnic group, or that He picked us because of some mark of intelligence, character, looks, ability, or any other quality. Just as in Deuteronomy 7:7-8, His calling of us occurred out of the good pleasure of His will. He gave to us the same privileges and opportunities as He did to Jacob rather than Esau, and they were extended on the same basis - by God's election following the counsel of His own will and not by our works.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Sovereignty of God: Part Three

Related Topics: Before the Foundation of the World | Called According to God's Purpose | Called Out Ones | Calling | Calling Out | Calling, Uniqueness of | Elect , The | God's Purpose | God's Will | Predestination




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Ephesians 1:6:

Luke 1:26-30
Hebrews 10:11-14


 
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