84 Gk . ἐϰληϱώθημεν.
82The tendency of scribes to confuse ἡμεῖς and ὑμεῖς, regardless of the sense, is shown by the number of witnesses (ℵ1 A K L Ψ and several cursives) that read the discordant ἡμεῖς for ὑμεῖς here (similarly K Ψ and several cursives read ἡμῶν for ὑμῶν in the following phrase “your salvation”). Cf. p. 279, n. 2.
83Gk. ὃ ἐστιν ἀϱϱαβών, where ℵ D Ψ and the majority of cursives replace ὅ by ὅς (a sense construction, having regard to the personality of the Spirit).
84Gk . ἐϰληϱώθημεν.
85Gk . πϱοοϱισθέντες (“having been foreordained”); cf. the active πϱοοϱίσας at the beginning of v. 5.
86Cf. J. A. Robinson’s well-argued conclusion that “the meaning must be ‘we have been chosen as God’s portion” (Ephesians, p. 146).
87So LXX (ϰατὰ ἀϱιθμὸν ἀγγέλων θεοῦ) and 4QDeutq (bny ’Ihym) as against MT benê yiśrā’ēl