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**Verse 4**
*Hath chosen us--that we should be holy;* hath designed and intended us to be made holy.

**Verse 6**
*Of his grace;* of his goodness and mercy.

**Verse 7**
*Through his blood;* through his sufferings and death.

**Verse 9**
*The mystery of his will;* the secret counsels of his will.

**Verse 10**
*The fulness of times;* when the full time had arrived.--*Gather* *together in one,* &c.; establish the kingdom of Christ, to which all things were to be subjected.

**Verse 12**
*First trusted;* hoped before in Christ; that is, who looked forward to salvation in him.

**Verse 13**
*Spirit of promise;* the Spirit which had been promised. ([Acts 1:8](../../../kjv/acts/1/8).) The influences of the Holy Spirit upon the minds of Christians are often spoken of as the seal and evidence of their redemption.

**Verse 14**
*The earnest;* the pledge and assurance.--*Until the redemption,* &c.; until the time shall come for the full enjoyment of the possession thus purchased for us.

**Verse 17**
*And revelation;* that is, instruction in divine truth.

**Verse 18**
*The hope of his calling;* the nature and value of the hope which the calling of the believer opens before him.

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