even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:

Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

καθως εξελεξεν ημας δι' αυτου προ καταβολης κοσμου, δια να ημεθα αγιοι και αμωμοι ενωπιον αυτου δια της αγαπης,

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: