Ephesians 1:4
Douay-Rheims
As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.
Clement of Alexandria
For it were no longer seemly that the friend of God, whom "God hath fore-ordained before the foundation of the world" to be enrolled in the highest "adoption," should fall into pleasures or fears, and be occupied in the repression of the passions.
Source details
A.D. 215 · on Eph 1:4 (The Stromata Book 6)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.