Ephesians 1:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,

Cross References

Job 12:13

“With God are wisdom and strength; he has counsel and understanding.

Job 33:29

“God indeed does all these things, twice, three times, with mortals,

Psalm 37:18

The Lord knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will abide forever;

Proverbs 8:14

I have good advice and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength.

Isaiah 25:1

O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

Isaiah 28:29

This also comes from the Lord of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.

Isaiah 5:19

who say, “Let him make haste; let him speed his work that we may see it; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel hasten to fulfillment, that we may know it!”

Jeremiah 23:18

For who has stood in the council of the Lord so as to see and to hear his word? Who has given heed to his word so as to proclaim it?

Jeremiah 32:19

great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of mortals, rewarding all according to their ways and according to the fruit of their doings.

Zechariah 6:13

It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord; he shall bear royal honor and shall sit upon his throne and rule. There shall be a priest by his throne, with peaceful understanding between the two of them.

Acts 13:48

When the gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord, and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers.

Acts 2:23

this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law.

Acts 20:27

for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.

Acts 20:32

And now I commend you to God and to the message of his grace, a message that is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Acts 4:28

to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

Romans 11:34

“For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”

Romans 8:17

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:29

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.

Romans 8:30

And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Romans 9:11

even before they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose of election might continue,

Galatians 3:18

For if the inheritance comes from the law, it no longer comes from the promise, but God granted it to Abraham through the promise.

Ephesians 1:14

this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:18

so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints,

Ephesians 1:5

He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Ephesians 1:8

that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight

Ephesians 1:9

he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

Ephesians 3:11

This was in accordance with the eternal purpose that he has carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

Deuteronomy 4:20

But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron smelter, out of Egypt, to become a people of his very own possession, as you are now.

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Colossians 3:24

since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ.

Titus 2:14

He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

Titus 3:7

so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 6:17

In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

1 Peter 1:4

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.