Ephesians 1:8

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Which He has lavished on us in all wisdom and understanding;

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  • Ps 104:24 : 24 O LORD, how manifold are Your works! in wisdom You have made them all: the earth is full of Your riches.
  • Prov 8:12 : 12 I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
  • Isa 52:13 : 13 Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and praised, and be very high.
  • Dan 2:20-21 : 20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever: for wisdom and might are his. 21 And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings and sets up kings: he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who know understanding.
  • Matt 11:19 : 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
  • Rom 5:15 : 15 But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the offense of one many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more: 21 So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
  • 1 Cor 1:19-24 : 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 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. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness; 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
  • 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
  • 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:
  • Eph 3:10 : 10 To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • Jude 1:25 : 25 To God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
  • Rev 5:12 : 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.

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  • Eph 1:9-12
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    9 Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself:

    10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times, He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in Him:

    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:

    12 That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ.

  • Eph 1:3-7
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    3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ:

    4 According as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love:

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

    6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

    7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;

  • 7 That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

  • Eph 1:17-20
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    17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him:

    18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

    19 And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,

    20 Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

  • Col 1:8-11
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    8 Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

    9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

    10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

    11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

  • Col 2:2-3
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    2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

    3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

  • 30 But of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—

  • Eph 3:9-12
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    9 And to make all people see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

    10 To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

    11 According to the eternal purpose which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

    12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.

  • 3 According to his divine power, he has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to glory and virtue:

  • 5 That in everything you are enriched by him, in all speech, and in all knowledge;

  • Col 1:13-14
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    13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has transferred us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

    14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins:

  • 7 Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us, see that you abound in this grace also.

  • 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

  • 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work:

  • 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,

  • 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment;

  • 6 Whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

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    19 And to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.

    20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

  • Col 1:26-27
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    26 Even the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

    27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

  • 11 Being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which through us produces thanksgiving to God.

  • 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • Eph 3:3-4
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    3 How that by revelation He made known to me the mystery; (as I have written briefly already,

    4 By which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

  • 19 For it pleased the Father that in him all fullness should dwell;

  • 8 Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you to do what is fitting,

  • 16 That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner being;

  • 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

  • 16 And of his fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

  • 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.