Ephesians 1:5-8 For in his love he predestined us (such was the good pleasure of his will) to adoption for himself as sons through Jesus Christ,

MNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ For in his love he predestined us (such was the good pleasure of his will) to adoption for himself as sons through Jesus Christ, ⁶ and to the praise of his glorious grace which he graciously bestowed upon us in the Beloved. ⁷ It is in him we have deliverance, the forgiveness of our trespasses, through his blood; ⁸ so abundantly did he lavish upon us the riches of his grace in all wisdom and understanding,