Ephesians 1:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
11 [a]In whom also we are chosen when we were predestinated according to the purpose of him, which worketh [b]all things after the counsel of his own will,
12 That we, which [c]first trusted in Christ, should be unto the praise of his glory:
13 [d]In whom also ye have trusted, after that ye heard the [e]word of truth, even the Gospel of your salvation, wherein also after that ye believed, ye were [f]sealed with the holy [g]Spirit of promise,
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- Ephesians 1:11 He applieth severally the benefit of vocation to the believing Jews, going back to the very fountain, that even they also may not attribute their salvation neither to themselves, nor to their stock, nor to any other thing, but to the only grace and mercy of God, both because they were called, and also because they were first called.
- Ephesians 1:11 All things are attributed to the grace of God without exception, and yet for all that, we are not stocks, for he giveth us grace both to will and to be able to do those things that are good, Phil. 2:13.
- Ephesians 1:12 He speaketh of the Jews.
- Ephesians 1:13 Now he maketh the Ephesians (or rather all the Gentiles) equal to the Jews, because that notwithstanding they came last, yet being called by the same Gospel, they embraced it by faith, and were sealed up with the same spirit, which is the pledge of election, until the inheritance itself be seen, that in them also also the glory of God might shine forth, and be manifested.
- Ephesians 1:13 That word which is truth indeed, because it cometh from God.
- Ephesians 1:13 This is a borrowed kind of speech taken of a seal, which being put to anything, maketh a difference between those things that are authentical, and others that are not.
- Ephesians 1:13 With that Spirit, which bringeth not the Law, but the promise of free adoption.
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