specification to a larger category represented by the head noun; Wallace, 95–96). 1:2 κατὰ πρόγνωσιν θεοῦ πατρὸς ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος εἰς ὑπακοὴν καὶ ῥαντισμὸν αἵματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη πληθυνθείη. κατὰ πρόγνωσιν θεοῦ. Standard. This is the first of a series of three prepositional phrases in this verse, all of which modify ἐκλεκτοῖς in verse 1 (contra Selwyn, 119, who regards it as modifying both ἐκλεκτοῖς and ἀπόστολος, and Grudem, 50, who regards