Ephesians 1:3
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:”
εὐλογητός
Before Paul unpacks a single gift God has given him, he pauses to declare that God is worthy of all praise — a reminder that worship comes before want, and gratitude opens the door to revelation.
εὐλογέω
Blessed
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εὐλογέω
God has already generously poured out every spiritual benefit we could ever need into our lives through our connection with Christ — this is worth celebrating.
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εὐλογία
Blessings
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εὐλογία
God has already loaded us up with every good thing we could ever need — not earthly perks, but real, lasting gifts that come through our connection to Christ.
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πνευματικός
Spiritual
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πνευματικός
These blessings aren't material upgrades or earthly perks — they are Spirit-given realities already secured for us in the heavenly realm through our union with Christ.
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οὐρανός
Heavenly
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οὐρανός
These spiritual blessings don't originate from earth's systems or human effort — they flow down from the realm where God himself lives and reigns, the source of everything real and lasting.
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θεός
God
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θεός
The one who Paul is praising here is not an abstract force or distant creator, but a personal Father who actively chooses to bless his people with everything heaven has to offer.
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πατήρ
Father
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πατήρ
In this verse, Paul isn't just naming God formally — he's celebrating that the one distributing every spiritual blessing across the heavens is someone Jesus personally calls Father, and has brought us into that same family relationship.
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κύριος
Lord
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κύριος
In this verse, "Lord" identifies Jesus as the sovereign owner and master through whom every spiritual blessing flows — the one who has full authority over both the blessings and the ones receiving them.
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μέ
of us
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μέ
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Ἰησοῦς
Jesus
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Ἰησοῦς
In this verse, Jesus is the one through whom every spiritual blessing flows — His very name declares that God saves, and it is only because of who He is that we have access to anything heavenly at all.
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Χριστός
Christ,
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Χριστός
Jesus is not just a name here — it is the identifier of the one personally chosen, commissioned, and sent by God, and it is only because we are connected to Him that every spiritual blessing flows to us.
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πᾶς
every
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πᾶς
God hasn't parceled out a few blessings here and there — every single spiritual blessing that exists in Christ already belongs to you, with nothing held back and nothing left out.
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ἐπουράνιος
heavenly realms
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ἐπουράνιος
Right now, seated with Christ, you have full access to every spiritual blessing God has — not as something to wait for, but as a present reality you already live in.
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