Bible Cross References
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Ephesians 1:4
just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love,
Ephesians 1:9
having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
Ephesians 1:11
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
Isaiah 14:24-27
24
Thus says the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be; and as I have purposed, so [the matter] shall remain;
25
[even] to destroy the Assyrians upon My land, and upon My mountains; and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders.
26
This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth; and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations.
27
For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? And who shall turn back His uplifted hand?
Isaiah 46:10
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;
Isaiah 46:11
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.
Jeremiah 51:29
The earth has quaked and been troubled, because the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, and uninhabitable.
Romans 8:28-30
28
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
29
Because whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.
30
Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
Romans 9:11
for [the children] not yet being born, nor having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works but of Him who calls,
2 Timothy 1:9
who having saved us, and having called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time [itself],