Ephesians 1:11

1:11 In Christ ¹  we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, ²  since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will

Romans 8:29-30

8:29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son ³  would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. ⁴  8:30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.

¹ tn Grk “in whom,” as a continuation of the previous verse.

² tn Grk “we were appointed by lot.” The notion of the verb κληρόω (klhrow) in the OT was to “appoint a portion by lot” (the more frequent cognate verb κληρονομέω [klhronomew] meant “obtain a portion by lot”). In the passive, as here, the idea is that “we were appointed [as a portion] by lot” (BDAG 548 s.v. κληρόω 1). The words “God’s own” have been supplied in the translation to clarify this sense of the verb. An alternative interpretation is that believers receive a portion as an inheritance: “In Christ we too have been appointed a portion of the inheritance.” See H. W. Hoehner, Ephesians, 226-27, for discussion on this interpretive issue.

³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God’s Son) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.