in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all [things] according to the counsel of his will,

And all the dwellers of the earth are regarded as nothing, and he does {according to} his desire in the host of heaven and [among] the dwellers of earth, and there is not [one] who can hold back his hand, or {ask him}, 'What are you doing?'

"But he [is] {alone}, and who can dissuade him? And {whatever he desires}, {indeed}, he does [it].

Therefore you will say to me, "Why then does he still find fault? For who has resisted his will?

For to Moses he says, "I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion."

Consequently therefore, he has mercy on whomever he wishes, and he hardens whomever he wishes.

having predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will,

For the one at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure, is God.

But in all these [things] one and the same Spirit is at work, distributing to each one individually just as he wishes.

[while] God was testifying at the same time by signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will.

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.