who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory.

The Lord knows the ways of the upright; and their inheritance shall be forever.

So for the present, I entrust you, brothers, to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, [in order for] them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

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

For if the inheritance [comes] by the law, it is no longer of promise; but God has given it to Abraham by promise.

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. For you serve the Lord Christ.

that having been justified by His grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did God not choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those that love Him?

into an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,

not rendering evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called for this purpose, that you may inherit a blessing.

declaring beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together; and I said, all My counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned;

calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned; I have spoken, and brought [him]; I have created and made [him]; I have brought him, and prospered his way.

which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and insight,

With Him are wisdom and power, with Him counsel and understanding.

Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.

who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see [it]; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know [it].

And these signs came forth from the Lord of hosts. Take counsel, exalt vain comfort.

Who has known the mind of the Lord? And who has been His counselor, to instruct Him?

Or with whom has He taken counsel, and he has instructed Him? Or who has taught Him judgment, or who has taught Him the way of understanding;

For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, and seen His word? Who has hearkened, and heard?

the Lord of great counsel, and mighty in deeds, the Great Almighty God, and Lord of great name. Your eyes are upon the ways of the children of men, to give to everyone according to his way;

And He shall receive power, and shall sit and rule upon His throne; and there shall be a priest on His right hand, and a peaceable counsel shall be between them both.

Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you took, and by lawless hands, nailing [Him] to a cross, you killed [Him];

to do all that Your hand and Your counsel foreordained to come to pass.

For I did not draw back from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

"For who has known [the] mind of the LORD? Or who has been His counselor?"

Thus God, wanting to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His counsel, guaranteed it by an oath,