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Ephesians 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath…
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:”
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The verses around Ephesians 1:3.
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4According 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:
5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Verse explanation
Paul opens the letter with a long blessing of pure praise: God has already blessed Christians with every spiritual blessing, located in the “heavenly places,” an expression the letter repeats several times to describe spiritual reality in Christ.
From the Ephesians 1 study in Bible in Stories.
Ephesians 1:3 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Bemdito o Deus e Pae de nosso Senhor Jesus Christo, o qual nos abençoou com todas as bençãos espirituaes nos logares celestiaes em Christo.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Bendito seja o Deus e Pai do nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, que nos abençoou com todas as bênçãos espirituis nos lugares celestiais em Cristo.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Alabado sea Dios, el Padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, quien nos ha bendecido en Cristo con todo lo que es espiritualmente bueno en el mundo celestial,
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