Ephesians 1:12
in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
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- Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Jeremiah 17:5–7 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- Ephesians 1:13–14 And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth — the gospel of your salvation — you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.