Ephesians 1:11

World English Bible (2000)

in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;

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  • Rom 8:28 : 28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
  • 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade 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 who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
  • Heb 6:17 : 17 In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to 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 has 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; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
  • Ps 37:18 : 18 Yahweh knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.
  • Rom 11:34 : 34 "For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"
  • Acts 20:27 : 27 for I didn't shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
  • Rom 8:17 : 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 with him.
  • Deut 4:20 : 20 But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.
  • Acts 20:32 : 32 Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
  • Eph 1:8 : 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
  • Isa 5:19 : 19 Who 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 near and come, that we may know it!"
  • Isa 28:29 : 29 This also comes forth from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
  • Isa 40:13-14 : 13 Who has directed the Spirit of Yahweh, or has taught him as his counselor? 14 Who did he take counsel with, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
  • Jer 23:18 : 18 For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? who has marked my word, and heard it?
  • Jer 32:19 : 19 great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
  • Zech 6:13 : 13 even he shall build the temple of Yahweh; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
  • Col 1:12 : 12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
  • Col 3:24 : 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you 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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    3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

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    6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

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    8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

    9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

    10 to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him;

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    10 to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

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    30 Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

    31 What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

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    9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

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    12 giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;

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    18 having the eyes of your hearts 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 that working of the strength of his might

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    3 among whom we also all once lived in the lust of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

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    5 Now he who made us for this very thing is God, who also gave to us the down payment of the Spirit.

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    7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

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    28 to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.

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    4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

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    21 Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

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    29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

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    7 But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom that has been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds for our glory,