Thematic Bible: An honorable title
Thematic Bible
Birthright » An honorable title
“They will come with weeping [in repentance and for joy],
And by [their] prayer [for the future] I will lead them;
I will make them walk by streams of waters,
On a straight path in which they will not stumble,
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim (Israel) is My firstborn.”
For those whom He foreknew [and loved and chose beforehand], He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son [and ultimately share in His complete sanctification], so that He would be the firstborn [the most beloved and honored] among many believers.
Verse Concepts
Ability, Of God To SaveGod, Fatherhood OfGod, All knowingGoalsAdoption, descriptions ofForeknowledgeFirstbornConformityethics, and graceElection, Results InChristlikenessBeing Chosendiscipleship, nature ofHeart, DivineHoliness Of The SaintsHoliness, Purpose OfLikenessGod's ForeknowledgeParticipation, In ChristDestiny
Orderliness In SalvationSpiritualityChrist, Character OfNew Birth, Results OfChrist, Names ForLife's PurposeForeordained PlansSpiritual AdoptionChrist The FirstbornValidly Like GodLike ChristChrist's True FamilyConformingBenefits Of HeavenParticipation In Christ NatureimageReflecting God's HeartChrist Our BrotherChristians Being Called Brothers
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who [always] loves us and who [has once for all] freed us [or washed us] from our sins by His own blood (His sacrificial death)—
“I will also make him My firstborn (preeminent),
The highest of the kings of the earth.
He is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation.
and to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are registered [as citizens] in heaven, and to God, who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect [bringing them to their final glory],
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- Adoption, descriptions of
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- Answered Promises
- Atonement, Remission Of Sins By
- Being Chosen
- Belonging To Heaven
- Benefits Of Heaven
- Birthrights
- Brooks
- Brothers
- Christ Atoning
- Christ Is Risen
- Christ Our Brother
- Christ The Firstborn
- Christ's Love
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- Christlikeness
- Church
- Church, Titles Of
- Communication
- Conforming
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- Destiny
- Divinity Of Christ
- Election, Results In
- Expiation
- Fellowship, In The Gospel
- Firstborn
- Firstborn Sons
- Foreknowledge
- Foreordained Plans
- Freedom, Abuse Of Christian
- Freedom, Through Jesus Christ
- Gathered By God
- Goals
- God's Foreknowledge
- God's Glory In Jesus Christ
- God, All knowing
- God, As Judge
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- God, Faithfulness Of
- God, Fatherhood Of
- God, Invisible
- Godhead
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- Heaven And Angels
- Heaven, Worshiping God
- Heirs
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- Holiness, Purpose Of
- Identity
- Identity In Christ
- Image Of God
- Incarnation
- Inheritance, Spiritual
- Intimacy
- Jesus As King Of Kings
- Jesus Christ, Love Of
- Jesus Christ, Resurrection
- Jesus Christ, Worship Of
- Judges
- Last Judgment
- Liberty
- Life's Purpose
- Like Christ
- Likeness
- Mission, Of Jesus Christ
- Names And Titles For Christ
- Names And Titles For The Church
- Names Written In Heaven
- New Birth, Results Of
- Not Stumbling
- Orderliness In Salvation
- Participation In Christ Nature
- Participation, In Christ
- People Made Perfect
- People Of God, In Ot
- Perfection, Divine
- Perfection, Human
- Preexistence Of Christ
- Privileges of saints
- Purgatory
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- Restored In Jesus Christ
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- Seeing God
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- Validly Like God
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- Witnesses
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