^{4 Ref} according as He did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before Him, in love,

^{5 Ref} having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

^{6 Ref} to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

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

^{8 Ref} in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,