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,
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpo
and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and a
who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that w
For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham
so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it
because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are servin
And 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 w
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may recei
He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by naili
But 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 obey
They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one accor
Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.
For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, a
Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He wi
“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may in
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He
to 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
Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.
that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.