4Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
5As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
6To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
7In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
8Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
9Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands
10The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,