3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who ^fgave himself ^gfor our sins to deliver us from the ^hpresent evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

5 he ^hpredestined us¹ for ⁱadoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the ^jpurpose of his will, 6 ^kto the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the ^lBeloved.