3 Benedictus Deus et Pater Domini nostri Iesu Christi,
qui benedixit nos in omni benedictione spiritali in caelestibus in Christo,
4 sicut elegit nos in ipso ante mundi constitutionem,
ut essemus sancti et immaculati in conspectu eius in caritate;
5 qui praedestinavit nos in adoptionem filiorum
per Iesum Christum in ipsum,
secundum beneplacitum voluntatis suae,
6 in laudem gloriae gratiae suae,
in qua gratificavit nos in Dilecto,
7 in quo habemus redemptionem per sanguinem eius,
remissionem peccatorum,
secundum divitias gratiae eius,
8 quam superabundare fecit in nobis
in omni sapientia et prudentia,
9 notum faciens nobis mysterium voluntatis suae,
secundum beneplacitum eius, quod proposuit in eo,
10 in dispensationem plenitudinis temporum:
recapitulare omnia in Christo,
quae in caelis et quae in terra, in ipso.

Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us, in Christ, with every spiritual blessing in heaven.
In love, he chose us before the creation of the world,
to be holy and spotless in his sight.
He predestined us to be his adopted children through Jesus Christ,
simply because it pleased him to do so.
This he did for the praise of the glory of his grace,
of his free gift of us in his Beloved,
in whose blood we have gained redemption,
and the forgiveness of our sins.
This he did according to the riches of his grace,
which he gave us in abundance,
with all wisdom and discernment,
revealing to us the mysteries of his will,
because it pleased him to do so.
In this action he has planned, in the fulfilment of time,
to bring all things together in Christ,
from the heavens and from the earth.

(Ephesians 1:3-10)