^{12 Ref} to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

^{13 Ref} in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

^{14 Ref} who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.