Ephesians 1:11

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?