Purpose

Ephesians 1:9-12
(NKJV)
9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which
He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might
gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on
earth—in Him. 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined
1
according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,
12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.