In God's sovereign plan, certain individuals are chosen for salvation and a special purpose. According to Ephesians, this selection occurred before the foundation of the world, with believers being predestined for adoption as God's children. Romans 8:29 and Ephesians 1:4-6 reveal that those whom God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of Christ. Additionally, Jesus' words in John 6:37 emphasize that all whom the Father gives to Him will come to Him, highlighting the intimate connection between God's election and an individual's faith response, as also seen in Ephesians 2:8-10.
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For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.