Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were given an inheritance, foreordained by God who works all things according to his will. It assures believers their salvation rests on God's sovereign purpose.

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• Rom 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
• 1 Pet 1:4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
• Isa 46:10–11I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
• Eph 1:14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
• Eph 3:11according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Eph 1:5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
• Gal 3:18For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.
• Rom 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
• Col 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
• Titus 3:7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
• Heb 6:17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
• Acts 20:32And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
• Col 3:24because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
• Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
• Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
• Jer 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Isa 40:13–14Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
• Ps 37:18The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
• Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
• Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
• Jer 23:18But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
• Deut 4:20Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
• Isa 5:19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
• 1 Pet 3:9Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
• Isa 28:29This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Zech 6:13Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
• Rom 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
• Prov 8:14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
• Job 12:13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
• Eph 1:8that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

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