“That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”
In order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus — the purpose (hina) extends into the future: future ages will witness and marvel at the hyperballō ploutē tēs charitos ('surpassing riches of grace'), the kindness (chrēstotēs) of God manifest toward the redeemed.
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