Eph 1:4,9,11.   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: ...Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: ...In 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: Rom 8:28-30.   And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For 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. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 2 Tim 1:9.   Who 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, 1 Thess 5:9.   For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,