JMNT(i)
12 [
and progressing]
into the [
situation for]
us to continuously be (or: exist) [
oriented and moving]
into [
the]
praise and approval of His glory and reputation [
we]
being the ones having before placed expectation within the Christ and who have left our expectation there (or: the folks who have continued expectantly hoping in advance [of others]).
13 Within and in union with Whom you also, upon hearing the Word of the Truth (or: the thought and idea of Reality; the message of the Logos)
the good news (the message of goodness, ease and well-being)
of your [other MSS: of our]
deliverance (rescue; return to health and wholeness; salvation)
within and in union with Whom also, upon trusting and believing, you are stamped (or: weresealed; marked for acceptance, or with a signet ring; = personally authorized)
by the set-apart Breath-effect of The Promise (or: with the holy attitude of assurance; in the sacred essence of the promise; or: by the Holy Spirit which is the Promise)
14 Which is continuously a pledge of our inheritance (or: Who remains being an earnest payment, a security and the first installment of our portion which was acquired by lot) [
and brought]
into a redemption (a release into freedom, procured by the payment of a ransom,)
from that which was made to surround [
you]
(or: of the encircling acquisition; or: which is that which has been constructed as a perimeter around [us]),
[
leading]
into the praise and approval of His glory (or: the praise from His manifestation which calls forth admiration and which yields a good opinion and reputation; the approval which pertains to His imagination)!