18 Let this be written(A) for a future generation,
    that a people not yet created(B) may praise the Lord:

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12 Let them give glory(A) to the Lord
    and proclaim his praise(B) in the islands.(C)

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74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him(A) without fear(B)

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75     in holiness and righteousness(A) before him all our days.

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he[a] predestined(A) us for adoption to sonship[b](B) through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure(C) and will—

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:5 Or sight in love. He
  2. Ephesians 1:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

to the praise of his glorious grace,(A) which he has freely given us in the One he loves.(B)

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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