Ephesians 1:14

New American Bible - revised edition

which is the first installment of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s possession, to the praise of his glory. The Church as Christ’s Body.

Cross References

Psalm 74:2

Remember your people, whom you acquired of old, the tribe you redeemed as your own heritage, Mount Zion where you dwell.

Psalm 78:54

And he brought them to his holy mountain, the hill his right hand had won.

Luke 21:28

But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.” The Lesson of the Fig Tree.

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the church of God that he acquired with his own blood.

Acts 20:32

And now I commend you to God and to that gracious word of his that can build you up and give you the inheritance among all who are consecrated.

Romans 8:23

and not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is due to him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,

2 Corinthians 1:22

he has also put his seal upon us and given the Spirit in our hearts as a first installment. Paul’s Change of Plan.

2 Corinthians 5:5

Now the one who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a first installment.

Galatians 4:6

As proof that you are children, God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

Ephesians 1:11

In him we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the One who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will,

Ephesians 1:12

so that we might exist for the praise of his glory, we who first hoped in Christ.

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the holy Spirit of God, with which you were sealed for the day of redemption.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.