Ephesians 1:14

“Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

“And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.

But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,

who also sealed us and gave the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our transgressions, according to the riches of His grace

In Him, we also have been made an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,

to the end that we who first have hoped in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.