Eph 1:5, 1Jo 3:1-2, Rev 7:9 | ESV | STEP | he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ , according to the purpose of his will ,

i[See ver. 1 above]

j Rom. 8:15; Gal. 3:26; Eph. 1:5

k[Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17]

l ch. 2:28

n Rom. 8:29; 2 Cor. 3:18; 4:11; Phil. 3:21; 2 Pet. 1:4

o John 17:24; 1 Cor. 13:12; Rev. 22:4

p[Rom. 11:25]

q ch. 5:9

r ver. 14; See ch. 3:4

s[Lev. 23:40; John 12:13]

Ephesians 1:5

5 ^ahe predestined us ^{▼▼Or before him in love, having predestined us} for ^cadoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, ^daccording to the purpose of his will,

1 John 3:1-2

1 See ^ewhat kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^fchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why ^gthe world does not know us is that ^hit did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are ⁱGod’s children ^jnow, and what we will be ^khas not yet appeared; but we know that ^lwhen he appears ^{▼▼Or when it appears} ⁿwe shall be like him, because ^owe shall see him as he is.

Revelation of John 7:9

A Great Multitude from Every Nation

9 After this I looked, and behold, ^pa great multitude that no one could number, ^qfrom every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, ^rclothed in white robes, with ^spalm branches in their hands,