Ephesians 1:11

Easy To Read Version

In Christ we were chosen \{to be God’s people\}. God had already planned for us to be his people, because that is what God wanted. And God is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

Cross References

Job 12:13

But wisdom and power belong to God.\par Good advice and understanding are his.\par

Job 33:29

“God does all these things\par again and again for that person.\par

Psalm 37:18

The Lord protects pure people\par all their life.\par Their reward will continue forever.\par

Proverbs 8:14

But I give people the ability\par to make good decisions\par and have good judgment.\par I give understanding and power!\par

Isaiah 25:1

Lord, you are my God.\par I honor you and praise your name.\par You have done amazing things.\par The words you said long ago\par are completely true.\par Everything has happened\par exactly as you said it would.\par

Isaiah 28:29

This lesson comes from the Lord All-Powerful. The Lord gives wonderful advice. God is truly wise.

Isaiah 5:19

Those people say, “We wish God would hurry and do the things he plans to do. Then we would know what will happen. We wish the Lord’s plan would happen soon. Then we would know what his plan is.”

Jeremiah 23:18

But none of those prophets\par has stood in the heavenly council. {\cf2\super [191]} \par None of them has seen or heard\par the message of the Lord.\par None of them has paid close attention\par to the Lord’s message.\par

Jeremiah 32:19

You plan and do great things, Lord. You see everything that people do. You give reward to people that do good things and you punish people that do bad things—you give them what they deserve.

Zechariah 6:13

He will build the Lord’s temple,\par and he will receive the honor.\par He will sit on his throne\par and be the ruler.\par And a priest will stand by his throne.\par These two men will work together in peace.\par

Acts 13:48

When the non-Jewish people heard Paul say this, they were happy. They gave honor to the message {\cf2\super [278]} of the Lord. And many of the people believed the message. These were the people chosen to have life forever.

Acts 2:23

Jesus was given to you, and you killed him. With the help of bad men you nailed Jesus to a cross. But God knew all this would happen. This was God’s plan. God made this plan long ago.

Acts 20:27

I can say this because I know that I told you everything that God wants you to know.

Acts 20:32

“Now I am giving you to God. I am depending on the message {\cf2\super [410]} about God’s grace (kindness) to make you strong. That message is able to give you the blessings that God gives to all his holy people. {\cf2\super [411]}

Acts 26:18

You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”

Acts 4:28

These people that ‘came together’ against Jesus made your plan happen; it happened because of your power and your will.

Romans 11:34

Like the Scripture {\cf2\super [129]} says,

Romans 8:17

If we are God’s children, then we will get the blessings God has for his people. We will get these things from God. God will give us all that he has given Christ. But we must suffer like Christ suffered. Then we will be able to share his glory.

Romans 8:28

We know that in everything God works for the good of those people that love him. These are the people God called (chose), because that was his plan.

Romans 8:29

God knew those people before he made the world. And God decided that those people would be like his Son (Jesus). Then Jesus would be the firstborn {\cf2\super [69]} of many brothers and sisters.

Romans 8:30

God planned for those people to be like his Son. And he called (chose) those people. God called those people and made them right with him. And God gave his glory to those people that he made right.

Galatians 3:18

Can following the law give us the things God promised? No! If we could receive those things by following the law, then it is not God’s promise that brings us those things. But God freely gave \{his blessings\} to Abraham through the promise God made.

Ephesians 1:14

That Holy Spirit is the guarantee that we will get the things God promised for his people. This will bring full freedom to those people who belong to God. The goal of all this is to bring praise to God’s glory.

Ephesians 1:18

I pray that God will open your minds to see his truth. Then you will know the hope that God has chosen us to have. You will know that the blessings God has promised his holy people {\cf2\super [7]} are rich and glorious.

Ephesians 1:5

And before the world was made, God decided to make us his own children through Jesus Christ. That was what God wanted to do. That pleased him.

Ephesians 1:8

God gave us that grace fully and freely. God, with full wisdom and understanding,

Ephesians 1:9

let us know his secret plan. This was what God wanted. And he planned to do it through Christ.

Ephesians 3:11

This agrees with the plan God had since the beginning of time. God did what he planned. He did it through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord brought you out of Egypt and made you his own special people. It was as if the Lord reached into a hot furnace for melting iron and pulled you out of that fire. And now you are his people!

Colossians 1:12

and give thanks to the Father. He has made you able to have the things he prepared for you. He has prepared these things for all his people who live in the light (good).

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure people that belong only to him—people that are always wanting to do good things.

Titus 3:7

We were made right with God by his grace (kindness). God saved us so that we could be his children and look forward to receiving life that never ends.

Hebrews 6:17

God wanted to prove that his promise was true. God wanted to prove this to those people who would get what he promised. God wanted those people to understand clearly that his purposes (plans) never change. So God said something would happen, and he proved what he said by also making a vow (promise).

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! God chose the poor people in the world to be rich with faith. He chose them to receive the kingdom God promised to people who love him.

1 Peter 1:4

Now we wait to get the blessings God has for his children. Those blessings are kept for you in heaven. Those blessings cannot ruin or be destroyed or lose their beauty.

1 Peter 3:9

Don’t do wrong to a person to pay him back for doing wrong to you. Or don’t say something bad to a person to pay him back for saying something bad to you. But \{ask God to\} bless that person. Do this, because you yourselves were called to receive a blessing.