Ephesians 1:3-14 - Praise To God For Spiritual Blessings

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm, ⁴ just as he chose us in the Messiah before the creation of the universe to be holy and blameless in his presence. In love ⁵ he predestined us for adoption to himself through Jesus the Messiah, according to the pleasure of his will, ⁶ so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.

⁷ In union with him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of God's grace ⁸ that he lavished on us, along with all wisdom and understanding, ⁹ when he made known to us the secret of his will. This was according to his plan that he set forth in the Messiah ¹⁰ to usher in the fullness of the times and to bring together in the Messiah all things in heaven and on earth.

¹¹ In the Messiah we were also chosen when we were predestined according to the purpose of the one who does everything that he wills to do, ¹² so that we who had already fixed our hope on the Messiah might live for his praise and glory.

¹³ You, too, have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed in the Messiah, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴ who is the guarantee of our inheritance until God redeems his own possession for his praise and glory.