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For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ

In Him we were also chosen as God's own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,

in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession, to the praise of His glory.

Then, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you will know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,

which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace

And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace, given me through the working of His power.

His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,