²⁶ Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

²¹ At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.^(A) Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.

⁵ he^[a] predestined^(A) us for adoption to sonship^[b](B) through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure^(C) and will—

⁹ he^[a] made known to us the mystery^(A) of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed^(B) in Christ,

¹³ for it is God who works in you^(A) to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.^(B)