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Spiritual and Secure Blessings
Commentators emphasize that the blessings Paul mentions are spiritual (like forgiveness, peace, and adoption), not material. They are located "in the heavenly realms," which scholars say means they are secure in Christ's victorious domain, safe from any enemy. God hasn't given just a few blessings, but "every spiritual blessing" needed for life and godliness.
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Ephesians
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Albert Barnes
On Ephesians 1:3
18th Century
Theologian
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. This begins a sentence that continues to the end of Verse 12. The length of the se…
AT Robertson
On Ephesians 1:3
Blessed (ευλογητος). Verbal of ευλογεω, common in the LXX for Hebrew baruk (Vulgate benedictus) and applied usually …
Charles Ellicott
On Ephesians 1:3
19th Century
Bishop
In Ephesians 1:15-23, this introductory chapter ends in a prayer for the enlightenment of the readers of this Epistle, that they may understand all…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Ephesians 1:3
19th Century
Preacher
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: ([Re…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Ephesians 1:3
The focus of praise in vv.3–14 is what God has done in Christ. Christian faith and life have their center in God’s Son, and the letter therefore op…
John Calvin
On Ephesians 1:3
16th Century
Theologian
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The lofty terms in which he extols the grace of God toward the Ephesians are inten…
John Gill
On Ephesians 1:3
17th Century
Pastor
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
God, the first person in the Trinity, is the God of Christ, a…
Matthew Henry
On Ephesians 1:3–8
17th Century
Minister
Spiritual and heavenly blessings are the best blessings; with them, we cannot be miserable, and without them, we cannot help but be so. This was fr…