²⁶ Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

¹³ Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

¹⁰ Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;

²¹ In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.

¹⁸ So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.

³³ O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

³⁴ Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?

³⁵ Or who has first given to him, and it will be given back to him again?

³⁶ For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.

⁹ 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

¹¹ In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

¹¹ Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

⁹ Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,