Ephesians 1:12
That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
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Study Note
The phrase 'that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ' identifies the ultimate purpose of election ('first trusted' likely referring to Jewish believers who accepted the Messiah before Gentile conversion) as doxological: human beings as creatures are reconstituted as instruments of divine praise. The three-fold repetition of 'to the praise of his glory' (vv. 6, 12, 14) structures the entire passage as a liturgical triplet, each member corresponding to a person of the Trinity: the Father's election (v. 6), the Son's redemption (v. 12), the Spirit's sealing (v. 14). The verse grounds the Christian life not in self-improvement or even service but in doxological existence — being the praise-expression of God's glory. This theology of glory-as-purpose has shaped Reformed anthropology and the Westminster Catechism's famous opening answer.
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to the end that we should be unto the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
for our being to the praise of His glory, <FI>even<Fi> those who did first hope in the Christ,
So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:
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