2. Grace and peace to you from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, in Christ,
4. just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy and immaculate in his sight, in charity.
5. He has predestined us to adoption as sons, through Jesus Christ, in himself, according to the purpose of his will,