Bible: Eph. 1:4-6; 2:8-9

1:4 For 1  he chose us in Christ 2  before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished 3  in his sight 4  in love. 5  1:5 He did this by predestining 6  us to adoption as his 7  sons 8  through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure 9  of his will – 1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace 10  that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son. 11 

2:8 The Lord God planted an orchard 1  in the east, 2  in Eden; 3  and there he placed the man he had formed. 4  2:9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, 5  every tree that was pleasing to look at 6  and good for food. (Now 7  the tree of life 8  and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil 9  were in the middle of the orchard.)

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