Study Desk

^(C1)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in ^(C2)the heavenly places in Christ,

just as ^(C1)He chose us in Him before ^(C2)the foundation of the world, that we would be ^(C3)holy and blameless before ^(F1)Him. ^(C4)In love

^(F1)He ^(C1)predestined us to ^(C2)adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, ^(C3)according to the good pleasure of His will,

^(C1)to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in ^(C2)the Beloved.

^(C1)In ^(F1)Him we have ^(C2)redemption ^(C3)through His blood, the ^(C4)forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to ^(C5)the riches of His grace

which He ^(F1)lavished on ^(F2)us. In all wisdom and insight

He ^(F1)(C1)made known to us the mystery of His will, ^(C2)according to His good pleasure which He ^(C3)set forth in Him,

regarding His plan of ^(C1)the fullness of the times, ^(C2)to bring all things together in Christ, things ^(F1)in the heavens and things on the earth.