The Many Blessings of Salvation

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah!^[a] He has blessed us in the Messiah^[b] with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm, ⁴ just as he chose us in the Messiah^[c] before the creation of the universe^[d] to be holy and blameless in his presence. In love ⁵ he predestined us for adoption to himself through Jesus the Messiah,^[e] according to the pleasure of his will, ⁶ so that we would praise^[f] 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^[g] 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^{[h] 10} to usher in^[i] the fullness of the times and to bring together in the Messiah^[j] all things in heaven and on earth.