Ephesians 1:11

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God also decided ahead of time to choose us through Christ according to his plan, which makes everything work the way he intends.

Cross References

Job 12:13

God has wisdom and strength. Advice and insight are his.

Job 33:29

Truly, God does all this two or three times with people

Psalm 37:18

The Lord knows the daily ⌞struggles⌟ of innocent people. Their inheritance will last forever.

Proverbs 8:14

Advice and priceless wisdom are mine. I, Understanding, have strength.

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, you are my God. I will highly honor you; I will praise your name. You have done miraculous things. You have been completely reliable in carrying out your plans from long ago.

Isaiah 28:29

All of this has come from the Lord of Armies. His counsel is wonderful, and his wisdom is great.

Isaiah 5:19

They say, “Let God hurry and quickly do his work so that we may see what he has in mind. Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel happen quickly so that we may understand what he is doing.”

Jeremiah 23:18

Who is in the Lord’s inner circle and sees and hears his word? Who pays attention and listens to his word?

Jeremiah 32:19

You make wise plans and do mighty things. You see everything the descendants of Adam do. You reward them for the way they live and for what they do.

Zechariah 6:13

He will rebuild the Lord’s temple and receive royal honor. He will sit and rule from his throne. He will be a priest on his throne. There will be a peaceful understanding between them.

Acts 13:48

The people who were not Jews were pleased with what they heard and praised the Lord’s word. Everyone who had been prepared for everlasting life believed.

Acts 2:23

By using men who don’t acknowledge Moses’ Teachings, you crucified Jesus, who was given over ⌞to death⌟ by a plan that God had determined in advance.

Acts 20:27

I didn’t avoid telling you the whole plan of God.

Acts 20:32

“I am now entrusting you to God and to his message that tells how kind he is. That message can help you grow and can give you the inheritance that is shared by all of God’s holy people.

Acts 26:18

You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan’s control to God’s. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and a share among God’s people who are made holy by believing in me.’

Acts 4:28

Through your will and power, they did everything that you had already decided should be done.

Romans 11:34

“Who knows how the Lord thinks? Who can become his adviser?”

Romans 8:17

If we are his children, we are also God’s heirs. If we share in Christ’s suffering in order to share his glory, we are heirs together with him.

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God—those whom he has called according to his plan.

Romans 8:29

This is true because he already knew his people and had already appointed them to have the same form as the image of his Son. Therefore, his Son is the firstborn among many children.

Romans 8:30

He also called those whom he had already appointed. He approved of those whom he had called, and he gave glory to those whom he had approved of.

Romans 9:11

Before the children had been born or had done anything good or bad, Rebekah was told that the older child would serve the younger one. This was said to Rebekah so that God’s plan would remain a matter of his choice,

Galatians 3:18

If we have to gain the inheritance by following those laws, then it no longer comes to us because of the promise. However, God freely gave the inheritance to Abraham through a promise.

Ephesians 1:14

This Holy Spirit is the guarantee that we will receive our inheritance. We have this guarantee until we are set free to belong to him. God receives praise and glory for this.

Ephesians 1:18

Then you will have deeper insight. You will know the confidence that he calls you to have and the glorious wealth that God’s people will inherit.

Ephesians 1:5

Because of his love he had already decided to adopt us through Jesus Christ. He freely chose to do this

Ephesians 1:8

He poured out his kindness by giving us every kind of wisdom and insight

Ephesians 1:9

when he revealed the mystery of his plan to us. He had decided to do this through Christ.

Ephesians 3:11

This was God’s plan for all of history which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But you are the people the Lord brought out of Egypt, the iron smelter, in order to make you his own people as you still are today.

Colossians 1:12

You will also thank the Father, who has made you able to share the light, which is what God’s people inherit.

Colossians 3:24

You know that your real master will give you an inheritance as your reward. It is Christ, your real master, whom you are serving.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from every sin and to cleanse us so that we can be his special people who are enthusiastic about doing good things.

Titus 3:7

As a result, God in his kindness  has given us his approval and we have become heirs who have the confidence that we have everlasting life.

Hebrews 6:17

God wouldn’t change his plan. He wanted to make this perfectly clear to those who would receive his promise, so he took an oath.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Didn’t God choose poor people in the world to become rich in faith and to receive the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 1:4

We have been born into a new life which has an inheritance that can’t be destroyed or corrupted and can’t fade away. That inheritance is kept in heaven for you,

1 Peter 3:9

Don’t pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you, or ridicule those who ridicule you. Instead, bless them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.