Acts 15:18
15:18 known from long ago.
Ephesians 1:4-6
1:4 For
he chose us in Christ
before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished
in his sight
in love.
1:5 He did this by predestining
us to adoption as his
sons
through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure
of his will –
1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace
that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
Ephesians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 1:19-20
1:19 and what is the incomparable
greatness of his power toward
us who believe, as displayed in
the exercise of his immense strength.
1:20 This power
he exercised
in Christ when he raised him
from the dead and seated him
at his right hand in the heavenly realms
Revelation 13:8
13:8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast,
everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world
in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.