Ephesians 1:14

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Ephesians 1:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

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,

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

15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

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Romans 8:15

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 8:16

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

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.

Romans 8:23

Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

2 Corinthians 1:22

placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

2 Corinthians 5:5

And God has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Leviticus 25:24

Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land.

Leviticus 25:25

If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.

Leviticus 25:26

Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,

Leviticus 25:27

he shall calculate the years since its sale, repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his property.

Leviticus 25:28

But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.

Leviticus 25:29

If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.

Leviticus 25:30

If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.

Leviticus 25:31

But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.

Leviticus 25:32

As for the cities of the Levites, the Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the cities they possess.

Leviticus 25:33

So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.

Leviticus 25:34

But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.

Psalms 74:2

Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.

Psalms 78:54

He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.

Jeremiah 32:7

Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’

Jeremiah 32:8

Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

Luke 21:28

When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

Ephesians 1:12

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