Ephesians 1:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

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  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will:
  • Rom 8:29-30 : 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God. 15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. 17 And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 To redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba, Father.'
  • John 1:12 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in his name:
  • John 11:52 : 52 And not for that nation only, but also that he would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
  • 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 Therefore, we also pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • Heb 2:10-15 : 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of one; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare Your name to my brethren, in the midst of the church I will sing praise to You. 13 And again, I will put my trust in Him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God has given me. 14 Since then the children partake of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, "My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by him: 6 For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives." 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we respected them: shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
  • Luke 10:21 : 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes: even so, Father, for so it seemed good in your sight.
  • Jer 3:4 : 4 Will you not from this time call to me, My Father, you are the guide of my youth?
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, You shall call me, My Father; and shall not turn away from me.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself:
  • 1 Cor 1:21 : 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
  • Rom 9:11-16 : 11 For the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him who calls; 12 It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
  • 1 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
  • Matt 11:26 : 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in your sight.
  • Luke 11:32 : 32 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.

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