[B-Greek] Eph 1:4 EN AUTW

Andrew Batishko abatish at xmission.com
Tue Aug 8 08:30:18 EDT 2006


I'm only just now starting to learn biblical greek on my own, so forgive 
me if the answer to this is obvious.

Ephesians 1:4 seems to be frequently translated (in part) as something 
like "...He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we 
would be holy and blameless..."

I'm confused as to the usage of "in Him" here. I could see it being 
attached to three different possible concepts:

* He chose us in Him
* in Him before the foundation of the world
* that we would be (in Him) holy and blameless

The second I'll discard, because that just doesn't seem to mesh with the 
rest of the bible. The third makes sense to me, but only if "before the 
foundation of the world" is a parenthetical statement. The first is 
probably the most likely, but I really don't understand what it means 
for Him to choose us in Him.

Can someone help me understand the meaning?

Thanks,
Andrew



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