Ephesians 1:3: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us" [The children of God by faith in Christ Jesus] "with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"

Ephesians 1:4: "According 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:"

Ephesians 1:5: "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,"

Ephesians 1:6: "To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved."

1 John 3:2: “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.”

Colossians 1:18: "And he" [Jesus Christ] "is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."