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# God predestined us for adoption

The word "us" refers to Paul, the Ephesian church, and all believers in Christ. Alternate translation: "God planned long ago to adopt us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])

# God predestined us

"God chose us ahead of time" or "God chose us long ago"

# for adoption as sons

Here "adoption" refers to becoming part of God's family. Here the word "sons" refers to males and females. Alternate translation: "to be adopted as his children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-gendernotations]])

# through Jesus Christ

God brought believers into his family by the work of Jesus Christ.

# his will

"God's will"
Mismatches from work on PDF Eph 2018-12-13 22:55:23 +00:00			`# God predestined us for adoption`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The word "us" refers to Paul, the Ephesian church, and all believers in Christ. Alternate translation: "God planned long ago to adopt us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])`
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Mismatches from work on PDF Eph 2018-12-13 22:55:23 +00:00			`# God predestined us`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"God chose us ahead of time" or "God chose us long ago"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# for adoption as sons`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here "adoption" refers to becoming part of God's family. Here the word "sons" refers to males and females. Alternate translation: "to be adopted as his children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-gendernotations]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# through Jesus Christ`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
			`God brought believers into his family by the work of Jesus Christ.`

tN issue 2107 2018-08-07 17:49:46 +00:00			`# his will`

			`"God's will"`