2. Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4. According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5. Having predestinated us to the adoption of children to himself by Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6. To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath made us accepted in the beloved:
7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8. In which he hath abounded towards us in all wisdom and prudence;
9. Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10. That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might collect in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
11. In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
12. That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13. In whom ye also trusted, after ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,