¹² Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the ^[a]portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God’s holy people) in the Light.

¹³ [The Father] has delivered and ^[b]drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son ^[c]of His love,

¹⁴ In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins.

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God’s] own ^[a]purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.^(A)