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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)

Adoption

Adoption as God's act is an eternal process of His gracious love, for He "fore-ordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will" (Eph 1:5). 1. Divine Fatherhood: The motive and impulse of Fatherhood which result in adoption were eternall...

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Foreordain; Forordination

for-or-dan', for-or-di-na'-shun: The word "foreordain" is uniformly used in the Revised Version (British and American) to render the Greek proorizo, in the passages where this verb occurs (Ac 4:28; Ro 8:29-30; 1Co 2:7; Eph 15,1Co 11:1-34). In the passages in Romans and Ephesians it takes the place o...

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Pleasure

plezh'-ur (chephets, ratson; eudokia, hedone: "Pleasure" is the translation of various Hebrew words, chiefly of chephets, "inclination," hence, "pleasure," "delight" (Job 21:21, "What pleasure hath he in his house?" the American Standard Revised Version "what careth he for"; Job 22:3, "Is it any ple...