Ephesians 1:11
In whom also we are chosen when we were predestinate according to ye purpose of him, which worketh all things after the counsell of his owne will,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
12That we, which first trusted in Christ, should be vnto the praise of his glorie:
Cross References
Job 12:13With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
Proverbs 8:14I haue counsell and wisedome: I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.
Isaiah 28:29This also commeth from the Lord of hostes, which is wonderfull in counsell, and excellent in workes.
Isaiah 46:10Which declare the last thing from the beginning: and from of olde, the things that were not done, saying, My counsell shall stand, and I will doe whatsoeuer I will.
Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsell, and mightie in worke, (for thine eyes are open vpon all the wayes of ye sonnes of men, to giue to euery one according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes)
Acts 2:23Him, I say, being deliuered by the determinate counsell, and foreknowledge of God, after you had taken, with wicked handes you haue crucified and slaine.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 1:4-15
Praise for Spiritual Blessings. ( a. d. 61.) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us… Read the whole commentary →