Ephesians 1:3–14

God’s Rich Blessings

³Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens. ^f4For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. ^ghIn love ⁱ⁵He predestined us to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself, according to His favor and will, ⁶to the praise of His glorious grace ^jthat He favored us with in the Beloved. ^k

⁷We have redemption in Him ^lthrough His blood, the forgiveness ^mof our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace ⁸that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. ⁹He made known to us the mystery of His will, ⁿaccording to His good pleasure that He planned in Him ^o10for the administration ^pof the days of fulfillment ^q—to bring everything together in the Messiah, ^rboth things in heaven and things on earth ^sin Him. ^t

¹¹We have also received an inheritance ^uin Him, predestined ^vaccording to the purpose of the One who works out everything in agreement with the decision of His will, ¹²so that we who had already put our hope ^win the Messiah might bring praise to His glory. ^x

¹³When you heard the message of truth, ^ythe gospel of your salvation, and when you believed in Him, you were also sealed with the promised Holy Spirit. ^z14He is the down payment ^aof our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, ^bto the praise of His glory.