Ephesians 1:11

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Ephesians 1:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ

10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

11 In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

13 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

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who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

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The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

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And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

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to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

Romans 8:17

And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Galatians 3:18

For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Colossians 3:24

because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

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so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

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Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

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and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Isaiah 46:10

I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

Isaiah 46:11

I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.

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that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

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Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.

Proverbs 8:14

Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

Isaiah 5:19

to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

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This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.

Isaiah 40:13

Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?

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Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

Jeremiah 23:18

But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?

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the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

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Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’

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He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

Acts 4:28

They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

Acts 20:27

For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

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“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”

Hebrews 6:17

So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.