Ephesians 1:5-12 He foreordained us to become his sons through Jesus Christ, in fulfilment of his generous purpose,

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ He foreordained us to become his sons through Jesus Christ, in fulfilment of his generous purpose, ⁶ so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son. ⁷ It is through union with him and through his blood that we have been delivered and our offenses forgiven, ⁸ in the abundance of his mercy which he has lavished upon us. ⁹ He has given us perfect insight into his secret purpose and understanding of it, in following out the design he planned to carry out in Christ, ¹⁰ and in arranging, when the time should have fully come, that everything in heaven and on earth should be unified in Christ— ¹¹ the Christ through whom it is our lot to have been predestined by the design of him who in everything carries out the purpose of his will, ¹² to win praise for his glory, by having been the first to believe in Christ.