Efesios 1:11

11 Es más, dado que estamos unidos a Cristo, hemos recibido una herencia de parte de Dios,
porque él nos eligió de antemano y hace que todas las cosas resulten de acuerdo con su plan.

Efesios 1:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ephesians 1:11

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance
Or a part and lot; that is, have obtained one in Christ, in his person, and in his fulness of grace, in the blessings and promises which are in him; or have obtained to be the Lord's clergy, or heritage, to be his portion and inheritance; or rather to have an inheritance in him by lot, meaning the incorruptible and eternal inheritance of glory and happiness in heaven; to which elect men are chosen in Christ, and are begotten to a lively hope of through his resurrection from the dead; and which his righteousness gives a right unto, and his grace a meetness for; and which is now in his hands, and will be given to them through him: and this is said to be obtained by lot, as the word signifies, in allusion to the land of Canaan, which was divided by lot to the children of Israel; and to show that it is not by works of righteousness done by men, but by the sovereign disposal of God; and that everyone shall have his share, and that certainly; for this is not designed to represent it as a casual, or contingent thing. The Alexandrian copy reads, "in whom also we are called"; and so the Vulgate Latin version, "in whom also we are called by lot"; and the Syriac version, "in him", or "by him we are chosen", which agrees with the next clause:

being predestinated according to the purpose of him, who worketh all
things after the counsel of his own will:
predestination is not only to sonship, but to an inheritance; it not only secures the grace of adoption, but prepares and provides an heavenly portion: and this act of predestination proceeds according to a purpose; according to a purpose of God, which can never be frustrated; and according to the purpose of "that God", as one of Stephens's copies reads, that is the author of all things but sin; of the works of creation and of providence, and of grace and salvation; and who works all these according to his will, just as he pleases, and according to the counsel of it, in a wise and prudent manner, in the best way that can be devised; for he is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working; wherefore his counsel always stands, and he does all his pleasure: and hence the inheritance which the saints obtain in Christ, and are predestinated to, is sure and certain.

Efesios 1:11 In-Context

9 Ahora Dios nos ha dado a conocer su misterioso plan acerca de Cristo, un plan ideado para cumplir el buen propósito de Dios.

10 Y el plan es el siguiente: a su debido tiempo, Dios reunirá todas las cosas y las pondrá bajo la autoridad de Cristo, todas las cosas que están en el cielo y también las que están en la tierra.

11 Es más, dado que estamos unidos a Cristo, hemos recibido una herencia de parte de Dios,
porque él nos eligió de antemano y hace que todas las cosas resulten de acuerdo con su plan.

12 El propósito de Dios fue que nosotros, los judíos —que fuimos los primeros en confiar en Cristo—, diéramos gloria y alabanza a Dios.

13 Y ahora ustedes, los gentiles,
también han oído la verdad, la Buena Noticia de que Dios los salva. Además, cuando creyeron en Cristo, Dios los identificó como suyos
al darles el Espíritu Santo, el cual había prometido tiempo atrás.