001:006 to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has
enriched us in the beloved One.
001:007 It is in Him, and through the shedding of His blood, that we have our deliverance—the forgiveness of our offences— so abundant was God's grace,
001:008 the grace which He, the possessor of all wisdom and understanding,
lavished upon us,
001:009 when He made known to us the secret of His will.
And this is in harmony with God's merciful purpose
001:010 for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it— the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him.
001:011 In Him we Jews have been made heirs, having been chosen
beforehand in accordance with the intention of Him whose
might carries out in everything the design of His own will,
001:012 so that we should be devoted to the extolling of His
glorious attributes—we who were the first to fix our
hopes on Christ.
001:013 And in Him you Gentiles also, after listening to the Message
of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—having believed
in Him—were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit;
001:014 that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption—the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of His glory.
001:015 For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus
which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people,