We are adopted sons

We are adopted sons – Ephesians 1:1-7

Ephesians 1:1-7

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at (resting within) Ephesus, and to the faithful in (resting within) Christ Jesus:

² Grace be to you, and peace, from (origin or source) 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 (every) spiritual blessings in (resting within) heavenly (the heavenlies) places in Christ:

⁴ According as he hath chosen us in (resting within) him before the foundation of the world (the disruption or ruin of the world), that we should be holy and without blame (blemish of sin) before (in his sight) him in love:

⁵ Having predestinated (foreordained) us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according (even) to the good pleasure of his will,

⁶ To the praise of the glory of his grace (inclining disposition), wherein (which) he hath made us accepted (engraved) in the beloved (the loved – Jesus Christ).

⁷ In whom we have redemption (the deliverance of the soul from sin, the body/grave) through (the dividing line) his blood, the forgiveness (remission) of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

We are adopted sons