Ephesians 1:11
in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of Him who the all things is working according to the counsel of His will,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12for our being to the praise of His glory, [even] those who did first hope in the Christ,
Cross References
Job 12:13With Him [are] wisdom and might, To him [are] counsel and understanding.
Proverbs 8:14Mine [is] counsel and substance, I [am] understanding, I have might.
Isaiah 28:29Even this from Jehovah of Hosts hath gone out, He hath made counsel wonderful, He hath made wisdom great!
Isaiah 46:10Declaring from the beginning the latter end, And from of old that which hath not been done, Saying, 'My counsel doth stand, And all My delight I do.'
Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel, and mighty in act, in that Thine eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of Adam, to give to each according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Acts 2:23this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified — ye did slay;
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 →