having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
Ephesians 1:5
Surrounding context
1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
1:5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
1:6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.