Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places... He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
Christian Experience as Displayed in the Life and Writings of Saint Paul.. 4th Ed. With the Author's Final Corrections (ed. 1848)