even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,