To MARK OUT BEFOREHAND — pro ('before') + horizō ('to set a boundary'), the same verb behind 'horizon' and behind Romans 1:4's 'appointed Son of God'. The Latin praedestinare gave English PREDESTINE, which now arrives carrying five centuries of argument the Greek word did not originally have (Augustine against Pelagius, Calvin against Arminius). ⚠ Worth noticing WHAT Ephesians 1 says is predestined: not who is damned, but that those in Christ are destined FOR ADOPTION and TO BE HOLY. The chapter states a purpose, not a roster. This translation reads 'marked out beforehand' so the boundary-drawing image can be heard before the systems reach it. → first discussed at Ephesians 1:5