⁴ even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.

²⁷ that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

¹⁵ that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

²² he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your^[a] conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.

Benediction

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing,

⁵ and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are spotless.