August 14, 2022

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

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 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love ⁵ he predestined us^[a] for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, ⁶ to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

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Footnotes

Ephesians 1:5 Or before him in love, ⁵ having predestined us

Cross references

Ephesians 1:3 : 2 Cor. 1:3; 1 Pet. 1:3 Ephesians 1:3 : See Rom. 15:6 Ephesians 1:3 : ver. 20; ch. 2:6; 3:10; 6:12 Ephesians 1:4 : [ch. 2:10; 2 Thess. 2:13; 1 Pet. 1:2] Ephesians 1:4 : James 2:5; [Deut. 7:6; 26:18] Ephesians 1:4 : [2 Tim. 1:9]; See Matt. 13:35 Ephesians 1:4 : ch. 5:27; Col. 1:22; 1 Thess. 4:7 Ephesians 1:5 : ver. 11; Rom. 8:29, 30 Ephesians 1:5 : See Rom. 8:15 Ephesians 1:5 : ver. 9; [Luke 2:14; Heb. 2:4]; See Luke 12:32 Ephesians 1:6 : ver. 12, 14 Ephesians 1:6 : [John 3:35; 10:17; Col. 1:13]; See Matt. 3:17

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