EPHESIANS 1.1-10--A WORLDVIEW OF GOD

	Webster's Translation 1833 EPHESIANS 1:1-10
1	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2	Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3	Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
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:
5	Having predestinated us to the adoption of children to himself by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6	To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath made us accepted in the beloved:
7	In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8	In which he hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence;
9	Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10	That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might collect in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might collect in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

eiV oikonomian tou plhrwmatoV twn kairwn anakefalaiwsasqai ta panta en tw cristw ta epi toiV ouranoiV kai ta epi thV ghV

 GOD HAS PLANNED WHO WOULD  BE CHOSEN IN CHRIST 

      BEFORE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD

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:

kaqwV exelexato hmaV en autw pro katabolhV kosmou einai hmaV agiouV kai amwmouV katenwpion autou en agaph

GOD HAS SO ARRANGED OUR LIVES TO BRING US TO HIM

5 Having predestinated us to the adoption of children to himself by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

proorisaV hmaV eiV uioqesian dia ihsou cristou eiV auton kata thn eudokian tou qelhmatoV autou

GOD HAS SO PERFECTED OUR WORLDVIEW THROUGH OUR EARTHLY EXPERENCES TO BE ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath made us accepted in the beloved:

eiV epainon        doxhV thV   caritoV autou      hV ecaritwsen         hmaV en tw hgaphmenw 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; to gar parautika elafron thV qliyewV kaq uperbolhn eiV uperbolhn aiwnion baroV doxhV katergazetai hmin 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal            2CORINTHIANS 4:17-18