Eph 1:9, 2:4-10, Tit 3:3-7, Jam 1:16-18, 1Jo 5:20 | ESV | STEP | making known to us the mystery of his will , according to his purpose , which he set forth in Christ

9 ^amaking known ^{▼▼Or he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight, making known . . .} to us the mystery of his will, ^caccording to his purpose, which he ^dset forth in Christ

Ephesians 2:4-10

4 But ^{▼▼Or And} God, being ^frich in mercy, ^gbecause of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even ^hwhen we were dead in our trespasses, ⁱmade us alive together with Christ— ^jby grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and ^kseated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable ^lriches of his grace in ^mkindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For ⁿby grace you have been saved ^othrough faith. And this is ^pnot your own doing; ^qit is the gift of God, 9 ^rnot a result of works, ^sso that no one may boast. 10 For ^twe are his workmanship, ^ucreated in Christ Jesus ^vfor good works, ^wwhich God prepared beforehand, ^xthat we should walk in them.

Titus 3:3-7

3 For ^ywe ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when ^zthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, ^aanot because of works done by us in righteousness, but ^abaccording to his own mercy, by ^acthe washing of regeneration and ^adrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he ^aepoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that ^afbeing justified by his grace we might become ^agheirs ^ahaccording to the hope of eternal life.

James 1:16-18

16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 ^aiEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from ^ajthe Father of lights, ^akwith whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning} 18 ^amOf his own will he ^anbrought us forth by the word of truth, ^aothat we should be a kind of ^apfirstfruits of his creatures.

1 John 5:20

20 And we know that the Son of God has come and ^aqhas given us understanding, so that we may know ^arhim who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and ^aseternal life.