Paul tells the Ephesians that believers have a glorious inheritance among the holy ones. We’ve discussed the term “holy ones” in the Old Testament before.3 It is used of divine beings in Yahweh’s divine council (e.g., Job 5:1; 15:15; Psa 89:5–7; Zech 14:5). The Hebrew term is qedoshim. The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament used by New Testament writers, translates that term with hagioi, the same word as in Ephesians 1:18. We also saw earlier that the Old Testament uses qedoshim of people—specifically of believing Israelites—those not guilty of worshipping other gods and
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