even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;

to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

For this cause, I bow my knees before the Father,