 See, even then he knew who he was because he had his heart and mind on things above. Awaiting his death, he wrote the words, I, Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God. And he continued to the Ephesians. Praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love, he predestined us for a