Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ; according as he has chosen us in him before [the] world's foundation, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love; having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour in the Beloved: Ephesians 1:3-6
But the God of all grace who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when ye have suffered for a little while, himself shall make perfect, stablish, strengthen, ground: 1 Peter 5:10
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1 Peter 5:10, Colossians 1:6O God of grace, our Father,
Ephesians 1:3, Nehemiah 8:6We bless Thy holy Name;
Ephesians 1:6, 1 Peter 1:2We who enjoy Thy favour,
Ephesians 1:4, Jude 1:24Made holy, without blame;
Luke 15:4,5, Ephesians 2:4In love, which sought and found us,
Ephesians 2:13And brought us nigh to Thee,
Matthew 11:27,28, Hebrews 4:9And won the rest of glory,
John 14:2,3, Ephesians 2:6Our heav'nly home shall be.
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Ephesians 1:11, 1 Peter 1:2Thy deep, eternal counsel
Ephesians 1:4, Romans 8:29Chose us in Christ the Son,
Ephesians 1:4, Revelation 17:8Before the world's foundation
Romans 16:25,26, Genesis 1:5Or time had yet begun;
Ephesians 1:6, Genesis 48:10That we might now the nearness
Ephesians 1:6, Genesis 48:10Of the Belovèd know,
John 1:16, 2 Corinthians 8:9And, graced in all His fullness,
Romans 8:15, Romans 15:6As sons our praises flow.
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Colossians 1:3, John 4:23We worship Thee, our Father;
1 Thessalonians 4:17, John 14:2,3Soon all Thine own shall be
1 Thessalonians 4:17, John 14:2,3At home in heav'nly glory,
Ephesians 2:4-7, John 17:24In love and joy with Thee.
Ephesians 3:14, John 4:23We worship Thee, our Father,
Hebrews 13:15, Romans 8:29And praise Thy perfect love;
Revelation 4:8, Romans 15:6Soon shall we chant Thy glory
Revelation 4:8, Romans 16:27In better strains above.