4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestowed on us,5 caused us, dead though we were through our offences, to live with Christ –it is by grace that you have been saved–6 raised us with Him from the dead, and enthroned us with Him in the heavenly realms as being in Christ Jesus,7 in order that, by His goodness to us in Christ Jesus, He might display in the Ages to come the transcendent riches of His grace.