God our Savior

Praised be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has bestowed on us in Christ
every spiritual blessing in the heavens.

God chose us in Him
before the world began
to be holy
and blameless in His sight.

He predestined us
to be His adopted sons through Jesus Christ,
such was His will and pleasure,
that all might praise the glorious favor
He has bestowed on us in His beloved.

In Him and through His blood, we have been redeemed,
and our sins forgiven,
so immeasurably generous
is God’s favor to us.

For He has made known to us in all wisdom
and insight the mystery,
the plan He was pleased
to decree in Christ.

A plan to be carried out
in Christ, in the fullness of time,
to bring all things into one in Him,
in the heavens and on earth.
~Ephesians 1:3-10