“To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.”
To the praise of his glorious grace which he has freely given us in the One he loves — the refrain 'to the praise of the glory of his grace' (eis epaínon dóxēs tēs cháriṭos autou) repeats three times (vv. 6, 12, 14), marking the trinitarian structure of the berakah; grace (charis) is the power and favor of God made concrete in Christ, the 'Beloved One' (ēgapēmenos, echoing Psalm 2:7 and Isaiah 42:1).
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