Ephesians 1 - Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: Copy Options. Ephesians 1:3, NLT: "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ." In love" Ephesians 1:4, NLT: "Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes." Ephesians 1:3-4 Ephesians 1:3-4 View Full Chapter. "Perhaps the first and best response is the Amen of holy silence … The same phrase occurs again in Ephesians 2:6; Ephesians 3:10; and it is remarkable that it should occur in the same elliptical form four times in this one epistle, and, I believe, in no other part of the writings of Paul. 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 places, 4 just as he chose us in Christ [] before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. Ephesians 1:3, CSB: "Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ." Ephesians 1:4, NASB: "just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. EPHESIANS - CHRIST AND THE CHURCH Click chart to enlarge Charts from Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission. Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ 3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Greek: Eulogetos o th eo s kai pater tou kuriou hemon Iesou Ch … Ephesians 1:3 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, (NASB: Lockman). Ephesians 1:3-4 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, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame befo... Read verse in New King James Version Ephesians 1:3-6. Commentary on Ephesians 1:15-23 (Read Ephesians 1:15-23) God has laid up spiritual blessings for us in his Son the Lord Jesus; but requires us to draw them out and fetch them in by prayer. iii. Our blessing God is the paying him our solemn and grateful acknowledgments, both on account of his own essential blessedness, and of the blessings which he bestows on us; with all spiritual blessings — The spiritual blessings here … Ephesians 1:3-4 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Spiritual Blessings in Christ. In Ephesians 1:20, the word “places” seems to be inserted with more propriety. We could say that the prayer of Ephesians 1:17-19 is essentially a request that the promises of Ephesians 1:3-14 be found as real in the lives of the Ephesian Christians. Blessed be God, who hath blessed us — God’s blessing us is his bestowing spiritual and heavenly blessings upon us. Ephesians 1:3-4: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Even the best Christians need to be prayed for: and while we hear of the welfare of Christian friends, we should pray for them.