who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.

– since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened – so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.