Ephesians 1:9

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Summary

Ephesians 1:9

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

Made

Purposed

General references

Ephesians 3:11

Bible References

Made

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, might give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in his knowledge:

That by revelation he made Known to me the mystery; (as I before wrote briefly,

And having answered, he said to them, For to you it was given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it was not given.

And to him being able to support you according to my good news, and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent from eternal times,

And God has revealed to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, and the deep things of God.

For I neither received it from man, neither was I taught, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

The mystery hid from times immemorial, and from generations, and now has been manifested to his holy ones:

And manifestly great is the mystery of devotion: God was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed in the nations, was believed on in the world, was received up in glory.

Purposed

In whom also we were cast by lot, determined beforehand according to the purpose of him performing all things according to the counsel of his will:

According to the purpose of times immemorial which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord:

And he is in one, and who shall turn him back? and his soul desired, and he will do.

The counsel of Jehovah shall stand forever, the purposes of his heart to generation and generation.

Jehovah of armies sware, saying, If not as I purposed thus it was, and as I counseled, this shall stand:

Announcing the last part from the beginning, and from of old what was not done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my delight:

Wherefore will ye contend against me? all ye transgressed against me, says Jehovah.

Who this saying, And it shall be Jehovah commanding not?

This one, surrendered by the fixed counsel and foreknowledge of God, having taken by lawless hands, having fastened, ye slew:

To do what thy hands and thy counsel predestinated to be.

And the nations having rejoiced, honoured the word of the Lord: and they believed, as many as were drawn out for eternal life.

And we know that to them loving God, all things work together for good, to them being called according to the setting up.

Who having saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, given us in Christ Jesus before eternal times,

General references

According to the purpose of times immemorial which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord: