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 all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
• 1 Pet 1:4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
• Isa 46:10–11Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Eph 1:14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
• Eph 3:11According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
• Eph 1:5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
• Gal 3:18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
• Rom 8:17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
• Col 1:12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
• Titus 3:7That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
• Heb 6:17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
• Acts 20:32And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
• Col 3:24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
• Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
• Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Jer 32:19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
• Isa 40:13–14Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
• Ps 37:18The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
• Acts 4:28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
• Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
• Jer 23:18For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
• Deut 4:20But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
• Isa 5:19That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
• 1 Pet 3:9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
• Isa 28:29This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
• Jas 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Zech 6:13Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
• Rom 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
• Prov 8:14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
• Job 12:13With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
• Eph 1:8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

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