This is a profound and powerful affirmation of the nature of our being. Its focus is found in the affirmation that God “chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.” The word chose translates a compound Greek term that literally means “spoke forth.” Paul is not saying that God chooses some and does not choose others. Paul is saying that every human being has been “spoken forth” by God before the foundation of the world.
