⁶ and it brings praise to God because of his ·wonderful [glorious] grace. God gave that grace to us freely, in ·Christ, the One he loves [^Lthe Beloved]. ⁷ In ·Christ [^Lhim] we ·are set free [have been redeemed/purchased] by ·the blood of his death [^Lhis blood; ^Cblood signifies his sacrificial death], and so we have forgiveness of sins. ·How rich is [or This redemption reveals the wealth of; ^L…according to the riches of] God’s grace, ⁸ which he has ·given to us so fully and freely [lavished on us]. With ·full [all] wisdom and understanding [^Cthis phrase may go with the previous sentence],