Ephesians 1:3–14

^3aBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in ^bthe heavenly places in Christ,

⁴just as ^aHe chose us in Him before ^bthe foundation of the world, that we would be ^choly and blameless before ¹Him. ^dIn love

⁵¹He ^apredestined us to ^badoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, ^caccording to the ²kind intention of His will,

^6ato the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in ^bthe Beloved.

^7aIn ¹Him we have ^bredemption ^cthrough His blood, the ^dforgiveness of our trespasses, according to ^ethe riches of His grace

⁸which He ¹lavished on ²us. In all wisdom and insight

⁹He ^1amade known to us the mystery of His will, ^baccording to His ²kind intention which He ^cpurposed in Him

¹⁰with a view to an administration ¹suitable to ^athe fullness of the times, that is, ^bthe summing up of all things in Christ, things ²in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

¹¹¹also we ^2ahave obtained an inheritance, having been ^bpredestined ^caccording to His purpose who works all things ^dafter the counsel of His will,

¹²to the end that we who were the first to hope in ¹Christ would be ^ato the praise of His glory.

¹³In ¹Him, you also, after listening to ^athe message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also ²believed, you were ^bsealed in Him with ^cthe Holy Spirit of promise,

¹⁴who is ^1agiven as a pledge of ^bour inheritance, with a view to the ^credemption of ^dGod’s own possession, ^eto the praise of His glory.