brightfame52
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They [Eph 2:11-12] are people Paul was writing to, so they were chosen in Christ before the foundation Eph 1:4-6 and so Justified from before the foundation.What part of without Christ do you not understand
Sorry, scripture states they were without Christ
Ephesians 2:11–12 (KJV 1900) — 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
so your claims are contrary to scripture
All the elect in a unregenerate condition are without Christ, seperated from Him, Jesus told His Disciples without Him they can do nothing spiritually Jn 15:5
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Yet they also were Justified from eternity, chosen in Him before the foundation