Ephesians 1:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

We

Being

Ephesians 1:5

The purpose

Ephesians 1:9

General references

Acts 15:18

Ephesians 3:11

Bible References

We

which is the advance installment of our inheritance, so that we may get full possession of it, and praise his glory for it.

Now I commit you to the Lord, and to the message of his favor, which will build you up and give you a place among those whom God has consecrated.

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they may have their sins forgiven and have a place among those who are consecrated through faith in me.'

and if children, heirs also; heirs of God, and fellow-heirs with Christ, if we really share his sufferings in order to share his glory too.

If our inheritance rests on the Law, it has nothing to do with the promise. Yet it was as a promise that God bestowed it upon Abraham.

and you will thank the Father who has entitled you to share the lot of God's people in the realm of light.

for you know that it is from him that you are to receive that inheritance which is to be your reward. Think of Christ as the master you are working for.

so that we might be made upright through his mercy and become possessors of eternal life in fulfilment of our hope.

Listen, my dear brothers. Has not God chosen the world's poor to be rich in faith, and to possess the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

and to an imperishable, unsullied, and unfading inheritance, which is kept safe for you in heaven,

not returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse. You must bless people instead. It is for this that you were called??o obtain blessing.

Being

He foreordained us to become his sons through Jesus Christ, in fulfilment of his generous purpose,

The purpose

He has given us perfect insight into his secret purpose and understanding of it, in following out the design he planned to carry out in Christ,

General references

who has been making this known from of old.'

fulfilling the eternal purpose which God carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord.