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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

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Even 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:

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As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

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To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

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In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

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Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care

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Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

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The 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,

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In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs

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So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:

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In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,

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Which is the first-fruit of our heritage, till God gets back that which is his, to the praise of his glory.