Ephesians 1:11

American Standard Version (1901)

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

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  • Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose.
  • 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
  • Eph 3:11 : 11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
  • Eph 1:14 : 14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of [God's] own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
  • Heb 6:17 : 17 Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
  • Gal 3:18 : 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise.
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; 11 calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
  • Ps 37:18 : 18 Jehovah knoweth the days of the perfect; And their inheritance shall be for ever.
  • Rom 11:34 : 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
  • Acts 20:27 : 27 For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God.
  • Rom 8:17 : 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him] .
  • Deut 4:20 : 20 But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
  • Acts 20:32 : 32 And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build [you] up, and to give [you] the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
  • Eph 1:8 : 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
  • Isa 5:19 : 19 that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
  • Isa 28:29 : 29 This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
  • Isa 40:13-14 : 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?
  • Jer 23:18 : 18 For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?
  • Jer 32:19 : 19 great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
  • Zech 6:13 : 13 even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
  • Col 1:12 : 12 giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
  • Col 3:24 : 24 knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

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