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6 so that we might praise the splendid blessing which he has given us through his beloved Son.
7 It is through union with him and through his blood that we have been delivered and our offenses forgiven,
8 in the abundance of his mercy which he has lavished upon us.
9 He has given us perfect insight into his secret purpose and understanding of it, in following out the design he planned to carry out in Christ,
10 and in arranging, when the time should have fully come, that everything in heaven and on earth should be unified in Christ—
11 the Christ through whom it is our lot to have been predestined by the design of him who in everything carries out the purpose of his will,
12 to win praise for his glory, by having been the first to believe in Christ.
13 You also have heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and believed in him, and through union with him you have been marked with the seal of the holy Spirit that was promised,
14 which is the advance installment of our inheritance, so that we may get full possession of it, and praise his glory for it.