Bible: Ephesians 1:11-14
1:11 In Christ 1 we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, 2 since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will 1:12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope 3 on Christ, 4 would be to the praise of his glory. 1:13 And when 5 you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christ 6 – you were marked with the seal 7 of the promised Holy Spirit, 8 1:14 who is the down payment 9 of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, 10 to the praise of his glory.
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