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Ephesians 1:3 (KJV)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:”

Ephesians 1:3 · King James Version

Ephesians 1:3 is verse of the day number 99 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “Every spiritual blessing”. It comes from Ephesians 1, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.

Ephesians 1:3 in other translations

  • 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.

    Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

  • Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ:

    American Standard Version (ASV)

Ephesians 1:3 in context

Ephesians 1:1–6 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.

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,

6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

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Cross-references for Ephesians 1:3

Passages most often linked to Ephesians 1:3, strongest connections first.

  • Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

  • And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

  • And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

  • And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; …

  • My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.

  • Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

  • For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

  • And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

  • To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

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Scripture text: King James Version, Berean Standard Bible and American Standard Version (public domain).