Ephesians 1:5

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He has predestined us to adoption as sons, through Jesus Christ, in himself, according to the purpose of his will,

Cross References

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said: How shall I place you among the sons, and distribute to you a desirable land, the preeminent inheritance of the host of the Gentiles? And I said: You will call me Father, and you will not cease to walk after me.

Jeremiah 3:4

Therefore, at least from this moment on, call out to me: 'You are my father, the guide of my virginity.'

Hosea 1:10

And the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which is without measure and cannot be numbered. And in the place where it will be said to them, 'You are not my people,' this will happen: it will be said to them, 'You are the sons of the living God.'

Matthew 1:25

And he knew her not, yet she bore her son, the firstborn. And he called his name JESUS.

Matthew 11:26

Yes, Father, for this was pleasing before you.

Luke 10:21

In the same hour, he exulted in the Holy Spirit, and he said: "I confess to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones. It is so, Father, because this way was pleasing before you.

Luke 11:32

The men of Nineveh will rise up, at the judgment, with this generation, and they will condemn it. For at the preaching of Jonah, they repented. And behold, more than Jonah is here.

Luke 12:32

Do not be afraid, little flock; for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.

John 1:12

Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.

John 11:52

And not only for the nation, but in order to gather together as one the children of God who have been dispersed.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her: "Do not touch me. For I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers and tell them: 'I am ascending to my Father and to your Father, to my God and to your God.' "

Acts 13:48

Then the Gentiles, upon hearing this, were gladdened, and they were glorifying the Word of the Lord. And as many as believed were preordained to eternal life.

Romans 8:23

and not only these, but also ourselves, since we hold the first-fruits of the Spirit. For we also groan within ourselves, anticipating our adoption as the sons of God, and the redemption of our body.

1 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, called as an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God; and Sosthenes, a brother:

1 Corinthians 1:21

For the world did not know God through wisdom, and so, in the wisdom of God, it pleased God to accomplish the salvation of believers, through the foolishness of our preaching.

2 Corinthians 6:18

Then I will accept you. And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty."

Galatians 3:26

For you are all sons of God, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:11

In him, we too are called to our portion, having been predestined in accord with the plan of the One who accomplishes all things by the counsel of his will.

Ephesians 1:9

So does he make known to us the mystery of his will, which he has set forth in Christ, in a manner well-pleasing to him,

Philippians 2:13

For it is God who works in you, both so as to choose, and so as to act, in accord with his good will.

Colossians 1:19

For the Father is well-pleased that all fullness reside in him,

2 Thessalonians 1:11

Because of this, too, we pray always for you, so that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may complete every act of his goodness, as well as his work of faith in virtue,

Hebrews 2:4

with God testifying to it by signs and wonders, and by various miracles, and by the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, in accord with his own will.

1 John 3:1

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him.

Revelation 21:7

Whoever prevails shall possess these things. And I will be his God, and he shall be my son.