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even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;
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having predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
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to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved,
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in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
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which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,