Ephesians 3:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

according to a purpose of the ages, which He made in Christ Jesus our Lord,

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 1:11 : 11 in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,
  • Isa 14:24-27 : 24 Sworn hath Jehovah of Hosts, saying, `As I thought -- so hath it not been? And as I counselled -- it standeth; 25 To break Asshur in My land, And on My mountains I tread him down, And turned from off them hath his yoke, Yea, his burden from off their shoulder turneth aside. 26 This `is' the counsel that is counselled for all the earth, And this `is' the hand that is stretched out for all the nations. 27 For Jehovah of Hosts hath purposed, And who doth make void? And His hand that is stretched out, Who doth turn it back?'
  • Isa 46:10-11 : 10 Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, `My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.' 11 Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed `it', yea, I do it.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; 29 because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren; 30 and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 (for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her --
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,
  • Jer 51:29 : 29 And shake doth the land, and it is pained, For stood against Babylon have the purposes of Jehovah, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.

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  • Eph 1:8-12
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    8in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

    9having made known to us the secret of His will, according to His good pleasure, that He purposed in Himself,

    10in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth -- in him;

    11in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,

    12for our being to the praise of His glory, `even' those who did first hope in the Christ,

  • Eph 3:9-10
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    9and to cause all to see what `is' the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,

    10that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly `places', through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,

  • Eph 1:3-6
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    3Blessed `is' the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

    4according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

    5having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

    6to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

  • Eph 3:12
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    12in whom we have the freedom and the access in confidence through the faith of him,

  • 2 Tim 1:9
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    9who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

  • Eph 3:19-21
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    19to know also the love of the Christ that is exceeding the knowledge, that ye may be filled -- to all the fulness of God;

    20and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us,

    21to Him `is' the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen.

  • Eph 1:17-21
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    17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

    18the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

    19and what the exceeding greatness of His power to us who are believing, according to the working of the power of His might,

    20which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set `him' at His right hand in the heavenly `places',

    21far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;

  • Eph 3:3-5
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    3that by revelation He made known to me the secret, according as I wrote before in few `words' --

    4in regard to which ye are able, reading `it', to understand my knowledge in the secret of the Christ,

    5which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit --

  • Eph 2:7
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    7that He might show, in the ages that are coming, the exceeding riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus,

  • Eph 3:16-17
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    16that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,

    17that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded,

  • Eph 3:14
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    14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Rom 16:25-26
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    25And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,

    26and now having been made manifest, also, through prophetic writings, according to a command of the age-during God, having been made known to all the nations for obedience of faith --

  • 1 Pet 1:20
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    20foreknown, indeed, before the foundation of the world, and manifested in the last times because of you,

  • 2 Thess 1:11-12
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    11for which also we do pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and may fulfil all the good pleasure of goodness, and the work of the faith in power,

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

  • Eph 2:10
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    10for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

  • 1 Cor 2:7
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    7but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,

  • Col 1:25-27
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    25of which I -- I did become a ministrant according to the dispensation of God, that was given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God,

    26the secret that hath been hid from the ages and from the generations, but now was manifested to his saints,

    27to whom God did will to make known what `is' the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

  • 1 Cor 1:30
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    30and of Him ye -- ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption,

  • Gal 1:4
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    4who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,

  • Heb 13:21
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    21make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom `is' the glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.

  • Col 1:11
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    11in all might being made mighty according to the power of His glory, to all endurance and long-suffering with joy.

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    4and such trust we have through the Christ toward God,

  • Phil 1:11
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    11being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that `is' through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • 2 Pet 1:3
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    3As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,

  • Titus 3:7
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    7that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during.

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    11And our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you,

  • Eph 1:14
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    14which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory.

  • Eph 3:1
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    1For this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you the nations,

  • 2 Pet 1:11
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    11for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.