“having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,”— Ephesians 1:5 (LSV)
2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
3Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,
4according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,
5having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He made us accepted in the beloved,
7in whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,
8in which He abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence,