Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

In Christ And By Grace He Redeemed Us And Revealed The Mystery of His Will To Us

⁷ ... in^[a] Whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of trespasses, according to the riches of His grace ⁸ which He caused-to-abound to us, in^[b] all wisdom and understanding ⁹ having made-known to us the mystery of His will according to His good-pleasure, which He purposed in Himself ^{[c] 10} for a stewardship^[d] of ^[e] the fullness of times, that He might sum-up^[f] all things in Christ— the things at the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him,

In Christ He Predestined Us For an Inheritance

¹¹ ... in Whom also we were allotted an inheritance^[g], having been predestined^[h] according to the purpose^[i] of the One working all things in accordance with the counsel^[j] of His will ¹² so-that we, the ones having previously-hoped^[k] in the^[l] Christ, might be for the praise of His glory,

In Christ He Sealed Us With The Holy Spirit As a Pledge of Our Inheritance

¹³ ... in Whom also you— having heard the word of truth, the good-news of your salvation, in which^[m] also having put-faith— you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴ Who is a pledge of our inheritance until the [final] redemption of His possession^[n] for the praise of His glory.