Ephesians 1:5 Cross References - BBE

⁵ As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

⁴ Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?

¹⁹ But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

³⁵ And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?

¹⁰ But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

²⁵ And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

²⁶ Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

²¹ In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

³² The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.

¹² To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:

⁵² And not for that nation only, but for the purpose of uniting in one body the children of God all over the world.

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.

¹⁴ And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God. ¹⁵ For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father. ¹⁶ The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God: ¹⁷ And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

²³ And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

²⁹ Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers: ³⁰ And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.

¹¹ Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is, ¹² It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger. ¹³ Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate. ¹⁴ What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said. ¹⁵ For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity. ¹⁶ So then, it is not by the desire or by the attempt of man, but by the mercy of God.

¹ Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

²¹ For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

¹⁸ And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

²⁶ Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

⁵ That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons. ⁶ And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

⁹ Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

¹¹ In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

¹³ For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

¹¹ For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;

¹⁰ Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain. ¹¹ For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers, ¹² Saying, I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers, I will make a song of praise to you before the church. ¹³ And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me. ¹⁴ And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One; ¹⁵ And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.

⁵ And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him; ⁶ For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod. ⁷ It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father? ⁸ But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame. ⁹ And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

¹ See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

⁷ He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.