Ephesians 1:3

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Ephesians 1:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus 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 realms.

4 For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

5 He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,

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and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

Nehemiah 9:5

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

Psalms 72:19

And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.

Daniel 4:34

But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

Luke 2:28

Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:

2 Corinthians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Revelation 4:9

And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,

Revelation 4:10

the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

Revelation 4:11

“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”

Revelation 5:9

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Revelation 5:10

You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

Revelation 5:11

Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

Revelation 5:12

In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

Revelation 5:13

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”

Revelation 5:14

And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Ephesians 1:17

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

John 10:29

My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.”

John 20:17

“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

Romans 15:6

so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:31

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.

Philippians 2:11

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Genesis 12:2

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 22:18

And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.

Psalms 72:17

May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

Psalms 134:3

May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.

Isaiah 61:9

Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.

Galatians 3:9

So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

Ephesians 1:20

which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,

Ephesians 2:6

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

Ephesians 3:10

His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

Ephesians 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Hebrews 8:5

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Hebrews 9:23

So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

Ephesians 1:10

as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

John 14:20

On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

John 15:4

Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

John 15:5

I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

John 17:21

that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

Romans 12:5

so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

1 Corinthians 12:12

The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

2 Corinthians 5:21

God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.