Ephesians 1:4

“Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be holy, for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

‘Therefore, you shall set yourselves apart as holy and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God.

“I was also blameless toward Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity.

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom, which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is Christ,

from whom the whole body, being joined and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the properly measured working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.

that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she would be holy and blameless.

but now He reconciled you in the body of His flesh through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach—

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but appeared in these last times for the sake of you