Ephesians 1:9
Good News Translation
God did what he had purposed, and made known to us the secret plan he had already decided to complete by means of Christ.

New Revised Standard Version
he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

Contemporary English Version
and by what Christ has done, God has shown us his own mysterious ways.

New American Bible
he has made known to us the mystery of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him

Douay-Rheims Bible
That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him,

made.

Ephesians 1:17,18 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation, in the knowledge of him: . . .

Ephesians 3:3-9 How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words: . . .

Matthew 13:11 Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.

Romans 16:25-27 Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret from eternity; . . .

1 Corinthians 2:10-12 But to us God hath revealed them by his Spirit. For the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. . . .

Galatians 1:12,16 For neither did I receive it of man: nor did I learn it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. . . .

Colossians 1:26-28 The mystery which hath been hidden from ages and generations, but now is manifested to his saints, . . .

1 Timothy 3:16 And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.

according.

Ephesians 1:5 Who hath predestinated us unto the adoption of children through Jesus Christ unto himself: according to the purpose of his will:

purposed.

Ephesians 1:11 In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will.

Ephesians 3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Job 23:13,14 For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done. . . .

Psalm 33:11 But the counsel of the Lord standeth for ever: the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Isaiah 14:24-27 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it be: and as I have purposed, . . .

Isaiah 46:10,11 Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me: . . .

Jeremiah 2:29 Why will you contend with me in judgment? you have all forsaken me, saith the Lord.

Lamentations 3:37,38 Mem. Who is he that hath commanded a thing to be done, when the Lord commandeth it not? . . .

Acts 2:23 This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain.

Acts 4:28 To do what thy hand and thy counsel decreed to be done.

Acts 13:48 And the Gentiles hearing it were glad and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to life everlasting believed.

Romans 8:28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together unto good: to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints.

2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath delivered us and called us by his holy calling, not according to our own works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the times of the world:

Context
Spiritual Blessings
8Which hath superabounded in us, in all wisdom and prudence, 9That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him, 10In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth, in him.…
Cross References
Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest: and on earth peace to men of good will.

Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give you a kingdom.

Romans 8:28
And we know that to them that love God all things work together unto good: to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints.

Romans 11:25
For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery (lest you should be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.

Romans 16:25
Now to him that is able to establish you, according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret from eternity;

1 Corinthians 1:21
For, seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world, by wisdom, knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of our preaching, to save them that believe.

Galatians 1:15
But when it pleased him who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace,

Ephesians 1:8
Which hath superabounded in us, in all wisdom and prudence,

Ephesians 1:11
In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will.

Ephesians 3:3
How that, according to revelation, the mystery has been made known to me, as I have written above in a few words:

Ephesians 1:8
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