Ephesians 1:9

New King James Version

having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

Cross References

Psalm 33:11

The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart to all generations.

Jeremiah 2:29

“Why will you plead with Me? You all have transgressed against Me,” says the Lord.

Matthew 13:11

He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Luke 12:32

“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Luke 2:14

“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”

Acts 13:48

Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

Acts 2:23

Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;

Acts 4:28

to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.

Romans 11:25

For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

Galatians 1:12

For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 1:15

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace,

Galatians 1:16

to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,

Ephesians 1:11

In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

Ephesians 1:8

which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

Ephesians 3:11

according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,

1 Timothy 3:16

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,