Ephesians 1:5

New American Bible - revised edition

he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will,

Cross References

Jeremiah 3:19

I thought: How I would like to make you my children! So I gave you a pleasant land, the most beautiful heritage among the nations! You would call me, “My Father,” I thought, and you would never turn away from me.

Jeremiah 3:4

Even now do you not call me, “My father, you are the bridegroom of my youth?

Matthew 1:25

He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus.

Matthew 11:26

Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.

Luke 10:21

At that very moment he rejoiced [in] the holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.

Luke 11:32

At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here. The Simile of Light.

Luke 12:32

Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

John 1:12

But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,

John 11:52

and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

Acts 13:48

The Gentiles were delighted when they heard this and glorified the word of the Lord. All who were destined for eternal life came to believe,

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 1:1

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since in the wisdom of God the world did not come to know God through wisdom, it was the will of God through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those who have faith.

2 Corinthians 6:18

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 through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus.

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 1:9

he has made known to us the mystery of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him

Philippians 2:13

For God is the one who, for his good purpose, works in you both to desire and to work.

Colossians 1:19

For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell,

2 Thessalonians 1:11

To this end, we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effort of faith,

Hebrews 2:4

God added his testimony by signs, wonders, various acts of power, and distribution of the gifts of the holy Spirit according to his will. Exaltation Through Abasement.

1 John 3:1

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Revelation 21:7

The victor will inherit these gifts, and I shall be his God, and he will be my son.