"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved." Ephesians 1:3-6
Dear Scripture-twisting Calvinists, please curb your presuppositions and preconceptions from being imposed upon the text and pay attention to precisely what verse 4 is saying and what it is not saying. It does not say, "just as He chose us to be in Him." Rather, it is talking specifically to those of us who are "in Him," and speaks of us with such an esteemed position as being chosen before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him.
In verse 5, the word "predestined" does not refer in the least to God choosing who will be saved and who will not be, misquoting this passage and claiming that such choices were made before the world existed. Paul is writing to Christians, to "saints...who are faithful in Christ Jesus" (v.1). He is saying to believers, those who are "in the Beloved," that such persons, because of the condition of being "in Christ," are therefore predestined to "every spiritual blessing" that Yahweh chose before the foundation of the world for all who are in Christ.
From before the foundation of the world, Yahweh God had determined to bless us, who are "in Christ," with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. From before the foundation of the world, Yahweh God had determined that we, who are "in Christ," would be holy and blameless before Him. From before the foundation of the world, Yahweh God had determined to adopt us, who are "in Christ," as sons. Everything is determined by our being "in Christ."
Yahweh does not pick and choose who is going to be "in Christ." Numerous New Covenant passages contradict and oppose such a false teaching. He does, however, have a condition — faith (Rom. 4:16; Heb. 11:6). Yahweh invites and will bestow His blessings on whoever will come (Matt. 11:28; 22:9; Rev. 22:17).