Ephesians 1:6

1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace ¹  that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son. ² 

Ephesians 1:12-14

1:12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope ³  on Christ, ⁴  would be to the praise of his glory. 1:13 And when ⁵  you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) – when you believed in Christ ⁶  – you were marked with the seal ⁷  of the promised Holy Spirit, ⁸  1:14 who is the down payment ⁹  of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, ¹⁰  to the praise of his glory.

¹ tn Or “to the praise of his glorious grace.” Many translations translate δόξης τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ (doxh" th" carito" autou, literally “of the glory of his grace”) with τῆς χάριτος as an attributed genitive (cf., e.g., NIV, NRSV, ESV). The translation above has retained a literal rendering in order to make clear the relationship of this phrase to the other two similar phrases in v. 12 and 14, which affect the way one divides the material in the passage.

² tn Grk “the beloved.” The term ἠγαπημένῳ (hgaphmenw) means “beloved,” but often bears connotations of “only beloved” in an exclusive sense. “His dearly loved Son” picks up this connotation.

³ tn Or “who had already hoped.”

⁴ tn Or “the Messiah.”

⁵ tn Grk “in whom you also, when…” (continuing the sentence from v. 12).

⁶ tn Grk “in whom also having believed.” The relative pronoun “whom” has been replaced in the translation with its antecedent (“Christ”) to improve the clarity.

⁷ tn Or “you were sealed.”

⁸ tn Grk “the Holy Spirit of promise.” Here ἐπαγγελίας (epangelias, “of promise”) has been translated as an attributive genitive.

⁷ tn Or “first installment,” “pledge,” “deposit.”

⁸ tn Grk “the possession.”