KJV:
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
NASB:
He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,
KJV:
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
NASB:
with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him
KJV:
That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
NASB:
to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory.
KJV:
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
NASB:
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.
KJV:
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
NASB:
which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
KJV:
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
NASB:
even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
KJV:
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
NASB:
and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
KJV:
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
NASB:
so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
KJV:
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
NASB:
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
KJV:
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
NASB:
remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.