KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Ephesians 3:11–12
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Ephesians 3:11
11According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
11According to the eternall purpose which he purposed in Christ Iesus our Lord:
Ephesians 3:12
12In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
12In whom we haue boldnesse and accesse, with confidence, by the faith of him.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ephesians 3:11
Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The Anointed One.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
A title of authority applied here to God, Christ, or a male master or ruler, according to the verse.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Ephesians 3:12
Courage, confidence, or freedom to speak or approach without fear.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Approach, admission, or the right and means of coming near.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
confidence
Trust, hope, or reliance placed in a person or thing.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
Trust, belief, confidence, or reliance; especially trust in God and belief in his word, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
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From verse 11
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Open the full verse study9Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
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Open the full verse study11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
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Open the full verse study4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
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Open the full verse study11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
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Open the full verse study10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
11Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
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Open the full verse study9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
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Open the full verse study24¶ The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
27For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
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Open the full verse study28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
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Open the full verse study29And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the Lord shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
From verse 12
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Open the full verse study18For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
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Open the full verse study2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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Open the full verse study14Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
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Open the full verse study19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21And having an high priest over the house of God;
22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Open the full verse study6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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Open the full verse study4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
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