Bible verse
in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ephesians 1.
8 that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
9 And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
11 In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
KJV
That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
ASV
to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
ERV
to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
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