Ephesians 1:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 Call to Stand Firm But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
  • Matt 12:18-21 : 18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. 19 He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. 20 He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory. 21 And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”
  • Eph 1:13-14 : 13 And when you heard the word of truth(the gospel of your salvation)– when you believed in Christ– you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
  • Eph 2:7 : 7 to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
  • Eph 3:21 : 21 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
  • John 14:1 : 1 Jesus’ Parting Words to His Disciples“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.
  • Rom 15:12-13 : 12 And again Isaiah says,“The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.” 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!
  • Ps 146:3-5 : 3 Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver! 4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die. 5 How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  • Isa 11:10 : 10 Israel is Reclaimed and Reunited At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.
  • Isa 12:2 : 2 Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”
  • Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Justice and Wisdom Will Prevail Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice. 2 Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.
  • Isa 42:1-4 : 1 The Lord Commissions His Special Servant“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my Spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations. 2 He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets. 3 A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees. 4 He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees.”
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 I solemnly make this oath– what I say is true and reliable:‘Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm;
  • Isa 45:25 : 25 All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the LORD and will boast in him.
  • Jer 17:5-7 : 5 Individuals Are Challenged to Put Their Trust in the Lord The LORD says,“I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the LORD. 6 They will be like a shrub in the arid rift valley. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one can live. 7 My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.
  • Jer 23:6 : 6 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Israel will live in security. This is the name he will go by:‘The LORD has provided us with justice.’
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
  • 1 Pet 1:21 : 21 Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eph 1:3-11
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    3 Spiritual Blessings in Christ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

    4 For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love.

    5 He did this by predestining us to adoption as his legal heirs through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will–

    6 to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

    7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of his grace

    8 that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight.

    9 He did this when he revealed to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

    10 toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ– the things in heaven and the things on earth.

    11 In Christ we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, since we were predestined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will

  • Eph 1:13-15
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    13 And when you heard the word of truth(the gospel of your salvation)– when you believed in Christ– you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,

    14 who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

    15 Prayer for Wisdom and Revelation For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

  • Eph 2:9-10
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    9 it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

    10 For we are his creative work, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we can do them.

  • 2 Tim 1:9
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    9 He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

  • 2 Thess 1:10-12
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    10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed– and you did in fact believe our testimony.

    11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,

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

  • Eph 3:11-12
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    11 This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

    12 in whom we have boldness and confident access to God by way of Christ’s faithfulness.

  • Col 1:27
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    27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

  • 1 Pet 1:20-21
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    20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

    21 Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

  • Col 1:12-14
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    12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

    13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

    14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

  • Col 1:4-5
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    4 since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.

    5 Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

  • Eph 1:17-20
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    17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

    18 – since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened– so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

    19 and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.

    20 This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

  • Eph 2:6-7
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    6 and he raised us up together with him and seated us together with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

    7 to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 1:30-31
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    30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

    31 so that, as it is written,“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

  • Titus 3:7
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    7 And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”

  • 2 Cor 1:20-22
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    20 For every one of God’s promises are“Yes” in him; therefore also through him the“Amen” is spoken, to the glory we give to God.

    21 But it is God who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anointed us,

    22 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

  • Gal 1:5
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    5 to whom be glory forever and ever! Amen.

  • Phil 1:11
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    11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

  • 2 Thess 2:13-14
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    13 Call to Stand Firm But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

    14 He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 1 Tim 1:11
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    11 This accords with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that was entrusted to me.

  • Rom 5:2
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    2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.

  • 2 Cor 5:5
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    5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

  • 1 Tim 1:1
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    1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

  • 1 Thess 2:12
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    12 exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

  • Titus 2:13
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    13 as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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