Also to enlighten all men and make plain to them what is the plan of the mystery kept hidden through the ages and concealed until now in God Who created all things by Christ Jesus.
This is in accordance with the terms of the eternal and timeless purpose which He has realized and carried into effect in the person of Christ Jesus our Lord, in Whom, because of our faith in Him we dare to have the boldness of free access to God with freedom and free from fear.
The purpose is that through the church the complicated, many-sided wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known to the angelic rulers and authorities in the heavenly sphere.
We are assured and know that all things work together and are for good to and those who love God and are called according to His design and purpose.
For Christ died and lives again for this very purpose, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Now to Him Who , by the action of the power that is at work in us, is able to carry out His purpose and do superabundantly far over and above all that we dare ask or think, infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams- To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen.
In Him we were made God’s heritage and we obtained an inheritance, for we had been foreordained in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will.
Peter answered, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves) and be baptized every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And we know that in all things God works fro the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose,
In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him Who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will, in order that we who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of His glory.