Eph 1:5 | PNT | STEP | Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children . Foreordained that we, the church of Jesus Christ, should be adopted as his children. The whole line of argument is general instead of particular. God foreordained a church which should be composed of those adopted as his children. According to the pleasure of his will . The act of predestination was due simply to God's sovereign will. His will was the cause.

Ephesians 1:5

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children. Foreordained that we, the church of Jesus Christ, should be adopted as his children. The whole line of argument is general instead of particular. God foreordained a church which should be composed of those adopted as his children.

According to the pleasure of his will. The act of predestination was due simply to God's sovereign will. His will was the cause.