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Berean Standard Bible

“In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,”

Ephesians 1:11

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Study note

Still within the great blessing of Ephesians 1:3-14, Paul speaks of God's plan to bring all things together under Christ. He then turns to believers' share in that plan, first Jewish believers who hoped in Christ early, then Gentile believers in verse 13.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

World English Bible (WEB)

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will;

King James Version (KJV)

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

American Standard Version (ASV)

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained appointed beforehand, pre-selected according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel desire of His will,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

En él digo, en quien asimismo tuvimos suerte, habiendo sido predestinados conforme al propósito del que hace todas las cosas según el consejo de su voluntad,

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

En virtud de lo que Cristo hizo, ahora somos herederos, porque en su plan soberano nos escogió desde el principio para ser suyos; y esto es el cumplimiento de ese plan que Dios quería llevar a cabo.

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