Adoption and its Privileges
Ephesians 1:5
Having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,


After the battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon immediately adopted all the children of the soldiers who had fallen. They were supported and educated by the State, and, as belonging to the family of the emperor, they were permitted to attach the name of Napoleon to their own.



Parallel Verses
KJV: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

WEB: having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,




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