9. God did what he had purposed, and made known to us the secret plan he had already decided to complete by means of Christ.
10. This plan, which God will complete when the time is right, is to bring all creation together, everything in heaven and on earth, with Christ as head.
11. All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning.
12. Let us, then, who were the first to hope in Christ, praise God's glory!