Ephesians 1:5

God predestined believers for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to his gracious will. It reveals the loving, family purpose behind election.

Cross-references · 28

• Rom 8:29–30For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
• Eph 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
• Gal 4:5–6to redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.
• John 1:12But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
• 1 Jn 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
• Rom 8:14–17For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
• Gal 3:26You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 8:23Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
• 2 Cor 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
• Rev 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
• Hos 1:10Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
• Eph 1:9And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
• Rom 9:11–16Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
• Jer 3:19Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
• 2 Th 1:11To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,
• John 11:52and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
• Heb 2:10–15In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
• Luke 10:21At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
• 1 Cor 1:21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
• Heb 12:5–9And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
• John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• Dan 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
• Matt 11:26Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
• Luke 11:32The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
• Phil 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
• Matt 1:25But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
• Jer 3:4Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
• 1 Cor 1:1Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

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