Ephesians 1:5 (WEB)
having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
Catechism · 6
The Liturgy - Work of the Holy Trinity
“He destined us before him in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved."” — Catechism footnote: Eph 1:3-6.
The Father
“Such is the "plan of his loving kindness", conceived by the Father before the foundation of the world, in his beloved Son: "He destined us in love to be his sons" and "to be conformed to the image of his Son", through "the spirit of sonship".” — Catechism footnote: Eph 1:4-5, 9; Rom 8:15, 29.
In the Age of the Church
“TWO fundamental forms express this movement: our prayer ascends in the Holy Spirit through Christ to the Father - we bless him for having blessed us;” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Eph 1:3-14; 2 Cor 1:3 7; 1 Pet 1:3-9.
“Doxology, the praise of God, arises from this "marvelous work" of the whole economy of salvation.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Eph 1:3-14; Rom 16:25-27; Eph 3:20-21; Jude 24-25.
The Creator
“God made us "to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace",” — Catechism footnote: Eph 1:5-6.
The Revelation of God
“God, who "dwells in unapproachable light", wants to communicate his own divine life to the men he freely created, in order to adopt them as his sons in his only-begotten Son.” — Catechism footnote: I Tim 6:16, cf. Eph 1:4-5.
Fathers and councils · 9
Augustine of Hippo
“…by means of His pre-eminence, are born again into the grace of God through the adoption of sons, according to the truth commended to us by apostolic teaching.” — editor's note: Luke viii. 21; Rom. viii. 15–17; Gal. iv. 5; Eph. i. 5; Heb. ii. 11
Read the whole comment“We believe also, that On the Third Day He Rose Again from The Dead, the first-begotten for brethren destined to come after Him, whom He has called into the adoption of the sons of God, whom [also] He has deemed it meet to make His own joint-partners and joint-heirs.” — editor's note: Eph. i. 5
Read the whole comment“For “we have been called,” as Holy Scripture testifieth, “into the adoption of sons.”” — editor's note: Eph. i. 5.
Read the whole comment“And this too are we called, for that “God hath called us into the adoption of sons;” we are though adopted, men.” — editor's note: Eph. i. 5.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself.’” — editor's note: Eph. i. 3–5.
Read the whole comment- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.7Discourse III
“For Paul, whereas he was not before, became afterwards an Apostle ‘by the will of God;’ and our own calling, as itself once not being, but now taking place afterwards, is preceded by will, and, as Paul himself says again, has been made ‘according to the good pleasure of His will.’” — editor's note: Eph. i. 5.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Having been baptized into Christ, and put on Christ, ye have been made conformable to the Son of God; for God having foreordained us unto adoption as sons, made us to be conformed to the body of Christ’s glory.” — editor's note: Eph. i. 5.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“The lesson he gives to the Ephesians is “in love having predestinated us into the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself.”” — editor's note: Ephes. i. 4, 5. Observe the position of “in love” which agrees with the margin of R.V.
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Clement of Alexandria
“For it were no longer seemly that the friend of God, whom “God hath fore-ordained before the foundation of the world” to be enrolled in the highest “adoption,” should fall into pleasures or fears, and be occupied in the repression of the passions.” — editor's note: Eph. i. 4, 5.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 5.
Cited together in Catechism §52 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §257.
Cited together in Catechism §257.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 89.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 89.
Cited together in A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 5.
Cited together in Catechism §257.
Cited together in A Treatise on Faith and the Creed Chapter 5.
Cited together in Catechism §257.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 89.
Cited together in Catechism §294.