Ephesians 1:3
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.
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2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
1 Chronicles 29:20Then David said to the whole assembly, “Bless the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
Psalms 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
Isaiah 61:9Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 1:2-3
Ephesians Some think that this epistle to the Ephesians was a circular letter sent to several churches, and that the copy directed to the Ephesians happened to be taken into the canon, and so it came to bear that particular inscription. And they have been induced the rather to think this because it is the only one of all Paul's epistles that has nothing in it peculiarly adapted to the state or case of that particular church; but it has much of common concernment to all Christians, and especially to all who, having… Read the whole commentary →