Ephesians 1:3
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 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:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- KJV
- Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
- WEB
- Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
- ASV
- Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:
- DARBY
- Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ;
- BLB
- Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the One having blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ in the heavenly realms,
- ÅB
- Lovet være Gud og vår Herre Jesu Kristi Far, han som har velsignet oss med all åndelig velsignelse i himmelen i Kristus,
- OTB
- Velsignet være Gud, vår Herre Jesu Kristi Far, som har velsignet oss med all åndelig velsignelse i de himmelske riker i Kristus,
- B1930
- Lovet være Gud og vår Herre Jesu Kristi Fader, han som har velsignet oss med all åndelig velsignelse i himmelen i Kristus,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Read in contextEphesians 2:6
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Read in contextGenesis 22:18
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Read in contextRevelation 5:9–14
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Read in contextJohn 10:29–30
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
Read in contextEphesians 1:20
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
Read in contextEphesians 6:12
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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