Ephesians 1:6

The ultimate goal of predestination and election is that believers will contribute to the praise of the magnificence of God’s undeserved favor that He has shown toward humankind (cf. Ephesians 1:12; Ephesians 1:14). This grace was "freely bestowed" or "given" in the sense that the elect need do nothing to merit it. It comes to us through Jesus Christ, described here as the Beloved of the Father (cf. Colossians 1:13). Since God loves His Son, believers who are in Christ can rejoice that we too are the objects of God’s love.