^{3 Ref} Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

^{4 Ref} According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

^{5 Ref} Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,