in union with whom we were made God's portion, since we had been foreordained in accordance with the purpose of Him who in everything carries out the plan of His will,

You too, as you have heard the message of the truth, the good news that means your salvation, and as you have trusted in Him too, have been stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,

has made us, though dead because of our shortcomings, live again in fellowship with Christ -- it is by His unmerited favor that you have been saved.

For it is by His unmerited favor through faith that you have been saved; it is not by anything that you have done, it is the gift of God.

But now through your union with Christ Jesus you who were once far away have through the blood of Christ been brought near.

that is, if you have heard how God's favor has been entrusted to me for you,

which in the earlier ages, so different from the present, was not made known to mankind as fully as now, but through the Spirit it has been revealed to His Holy apostles and prophets --

and to make clear how is to be carried out the trusteeship of this secret which has for ages been hidden away in God, the Creator of all things,

But in accordance with the measure of Christ's gift, His favor has been bestowed upon each one of us.

if, as I take it, you have heard Him and in union with Him have been taught the truth as it is seen in Jesus,

and put on the new self which has been created in the likeness of God, which fruits in right and holy living inspired by the truth.

You must stop offending the Holy Spirit of God by whom you have been stamped for the day of redemption.