Ephesians 1:5 Cross References - MSTC

⁵ And ordained us before unto himself that we should be chosen before, through Jesus Christ, to be heirs unto himself according to the pleasure of his will,

⁴ Else wouldst thou say unto me, 'O my father, thou art he that hast brought me up, and led me from my youth:

¹⁹ "'I have showed also, how I took thee up being but a child, and gave thee a pleasant land for thine heritage; yea, and a goodly Host of the Heathen: and how I commanded thee, that thou shouldest call me Father only, and not to shrink from me.

³⁵ in comparison of whom, all they that dwell upon the earth are to be reputed as nothing. He handleth according to his will, among the powers of heaven and among the inhabiters of the earth - and there is none that may resist his hand, or say, 'What doest thou?'

¹⁰ And though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, which can neither be measured nor told: yet in the place where it is said unto them, 'Ye be not my people': even there shall it be thus reported of them, 'They be the children of the living God.'

²⁵ and knew her not till she had brought forth her first son: and called his name Jesus.

²⁶ Even so, father: for so it pleased thee.

²¹ That same time rejoiced Jesus in the holy ghost, and said, "I confess unto thee father Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast opened them to the babes. Even so, father, for so pleased it thee.

³² The men of Nineveh shall rise at the judgment, with this generation, and shall condemn them: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah: And behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to be the sons of God: in that they believed on his name:

⁵² and not for the people only: but that he should gather together in one the children of God which were scattered abroad.

¹⁷ Jesus said unto her, "Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my father. But go to my brethren and say unto them, I ascend unto my father, and your father: to my God and your God."

¹⁴ for as many as are led by the spirit of God: they are the sons of God. ¹⁵ For ye have not received the spirit of bondage to fear anymore, but ye have received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry, "Abba father." ¹⁶ The same spirit certifieth our spirit that we are the sons of God. ¹⁷ If we be sons, we are also heirs: the heirs, I mean, of God: and heirs annexed with Christ. If so be that we suffer together, that we may be glorified together.

²³ Not they only, but even we also: which have the first fruits of the spirit mourn in ourselves and wait for the adoption and look for the deliverance of our bodies.

²⁹ For those which he knew before, he also ordained before, that they should be like fashioned unto the shape of his son, that he might be the first begotten son among many brethren. ³⁰ Moreover, which he appointed before, them he also called; and which he called, them also he justified; which he justified, them he also glorified.

¹¹ yer the children were born, when they had neither done good neither bad — that the purpose of God, which is by election, might stand — it was said unto her, not by the reason of works, but by grace of the caller, ¹² "The elder shall serve the younger." ¹³ As it is written, "Jacob he loved, but Esau he hated." ¹⁴ What shall we say then? Is there any unrighteousness with God? God forbid. ¹⁵ For he saith to Moses, "I will show mercy to whom I show mercy: And will have compassion on whom I have compassion." ¹⁶ So lieth it not then in a man's will, or cunning, but in the mercy of God.

¹ Paul, by vocation an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and brother Sosthenes.

²¹ For when the world, through wisdom, knew not God in the wisdom of God: it pleased God through foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

¹⁸ and will be a father unto you, and ye shall be unto me sons and daughters," saith the Lord almighty.

²⁶ For ye are all the sons of God, by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

⁵ to redeem them which were under the law: that we through election might receive the inheritance that belongeth unto the natural sons. ⁶ Because ye are sons, God hath sent the spirit of his son into our hearts, which crieth "Abba, father."

⁹ And hath opened unto us the mystery of his will according to his pleasure, and purposed

¹¹ in whom we are made heirs, and were thereto predestinate according to the purpose of him which worketh all things after the purpose of his own will:

¹³ For it is God which worketh in you both the will and also the deed, even of good will.

¹¹ Wherefore, we pray always for you that our God make you worthy of the calling, and fulfill all delectation of goodness, and the work of faith, with power:

¹⁰ For it became him — for whom are all things, and by whom are all things — after that he had brought many sons unto glory, that he should make the Lord of their salvation perfect through suffering. ¹¹ Forasmuch as he that sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, are all of one. For which cause's sake he is not ashamed to call them brethren, ¹² saying, "I will declare thy name unto my brethren, and in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee." ¹³ And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Behold here am I and the children which God hath given me." ¹⁴ Forasmuch, then, as the children were partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part with them, for to put down through death him that had lordship over death: that is to say, the devil. ¹⁵ And that he might deliver them which, through fear of death, all their life time were in danger of bondage.

⁵ And ye have forgotten the consolation which speaketh unto you, as unto children, "My son despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him: ⁶ For whom the Lord loveth, him he chasteneth: yea, and he scourgeth every son that he receiveth." ⁷ If ye shall endure chastening, God offereth himself unto you, as unto sons. What son is that whom the father chasteneth not? ⁸ If ye be not under correction — whereof all are partakers — then are ye bastards and not sons. ⁹ Moreover, seeing we had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: should we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of spiritual gifts that we might live?

¹ Behold what love the father hath showed on us, that we should be called the sons of God. For this cause the world knoweth you not; because it knoweth not him.

⁷ He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.