JMNT(i)
5 In love [
He was]
marking us out beforehand (or: definitively appointing us in advance; before-setting our boundaries and defining us, with a designation) [
and directing us]
into a placing in the condition of a son (or: a deposit of the Son; a setting in place which is the Son; the constituting as a son; a placing in the Son)
through and by means of Jesus Christ [
moving us]
into Himself, according to (or: down from; in correspondence with; following the pattern of)
the good thought, the intention of well-being, and the well-imagined delight of His will (determined purpose).
6 [
This was]
with a view unto praise of His grace's glory (or: This [led] into [the] praise of [the] reputation and honorable consideration of His favor)
with which He graced us (or: favors and gifts us with grace)
within the One having been, and continuing being, loved (or: the Beloved One; or: the One having been given and now expressing the essence and qualities of love; [some MSS: within His beloved Son]),
7 within and in union with Whom we continuously have (constantly hold; progressively possess)
the redemption (the release into freedom procured by the payment of a ransom; the liberation from our predicament)
through His blood the sending away (causing to flow off; forgiveness; dismissal)
of the effects and results of the fallings-aside (the stumblings by the side; wrong steps; offences; transgressions),
in accordance with (or: down from; corresponding to; in keeping with; to the level of)
the wealth and riches of His grace and joyous favor,