^{5 Ref} having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

^{6 Ref} to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,

^{7 Ref} in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,