Ephesians 1:11

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“In 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,”

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Read Ephesians 1:11 in the flow of Ephesians1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Ephesians1 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“In 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,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ephesians 1:11 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 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.
  2. Job 12:13Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
  3. Psalms 37:18The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
  4. Proverbs 8:14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
  5. Isaiah 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!”
  6. Isaiah 28:29This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
  7. Isaiah 40:13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
  8. Isaiah 46:10I 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.’
  9. Jeremiah 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?
  10. Jeremiah 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.
  11. Zechariah 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.’
  12. 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.
  13. Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
  14. Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.’
  17. Romans 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.
  18. Romans 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.
  19. Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
  20. Galatians 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.
  21. Ephesians 1:5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
  22. Ephesians 1:8that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
  23. Ephesians 1:14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
  24. Ephesians 3:11according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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