The word "places" does not express the best sense. Placed first in the clause for emphasis, as always in the corresponding Hebrew in the Old Testament. in Christ—the center and source of all blessing to us. We are His spiritual children and the many blessings we have received from the Father, are contained in God the Son - the Lord Christ Jesus. Such render, God who is also the Father, etc. While we, who are in Christ, are blessed with every spiritual blessing, God is His grace provides many temporal blessings to all humanity, for God causes His sun to rise on both the evil and on the good, sending rain on the just and on the unjust. IV. Why then does he use the word "us," including himself, who was a Jew? Paul emphasizes in this epistle the work of the divine Spirit upon the human spirit. They speak of him, when he is referred to as a sovereign, as if he were tyrannical and unjust, and they never connect the idea of that which is amiable and lovely with the doctrine of eternal purposes. The sense is, that in Christ, i. e. through Christ, or by means of him, God had bestowed all spiritual blessings that were suited to prepare for heaven - such as pardon, adoption, the illumination of the Spirit, etc. Paul wrote this letter while he was in prison. We praise Him for Who He is and all that He has done for the children of men. We are blessed in superlative-abundance by God the Father with daily blessings and many manifestations of His love towards us. I. This observation is important, because it shows that the plan or decree of God had reference to individuals, and not merely to nations. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every blessing of the Spirit, in heavenly places in Christ. When we bless the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we offer Him the praise and worship He deserves. We who have been saved by grace through faith in Christ should foster an inner attitude of grateful thanks, loving appreciation, joyous anticipation and everlasting wonderment at all that He has done for us and His inexpressible love towards us, "in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us". To You be all might and majesty, dominion and praise.. glory, honour and blessing, forever and ever, AMEN. The fact is, that this is a mere supposition, resorted to without evidence, and in the face of every fair principle of interpretation, to avoid an unpleasant doctrine. The Greek is, "Blessed us," not "hath blessed us"; referring to the past original counsel of God. Ephesians was written by Paul, the apostle. Even many Christians turn away from it with dread; or if they "tolerate" it, they yet feel that there is something about it that is especially dark and forbidding. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. This cannot be, for he speaks of "spiritual blessings;" he speaks of the persons referred to as having "redemption" and "the forgiveness of sins;" as having "obtained an inheritance," and as being sealed with the "Holy Spirit of promise." We praise Him for Who He is and all that He has done for the children of men. Ephesians 1:3. Some object to this rendering on the ground that the phrase God of Christ is unusual, occurring nowhere in Paul, except Ephesians 1:17 of this chapter. We, in turn, are to praise and glorify the One Who so generously pours out such unimaginable and eternal blessings, on all who trust in the anointed Son of His love. Does he mean all the world? We are blessed.. indeed we are doubly blessed with all spiritual blessings by: "My Father and your Father, My God and your God". "All," that is, "every possible blessing for time and eternity, which the Spirit has to bestow" (so "spiritual" means; not "spiritual," as the term is now used, as opposed to bodily). who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings.—The frequent phrase “Blessed be God” (Luke 1:68; Romans 1:25; Romans 9:5; 2Corinthians 1:3; 2Corinthians 11:31; 1Peter 1:3) is here used with an unique antithesis. Ephesians 1:3 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, in Christ; …. The gift of the Spirit itself, the source of the "spiritual blessing," is by virtue of Jesus having ascended thither (Eph 4:8). It is, however, to be noted here, that in the Vatican MS. the words “and Father” are omitted, and that the phrase “the God of our Lord Jesus Christ” occurs below in Ephesians 1:17. Compare, also, 1 Corinthians 3:23; and the phrase is undoubted in Ephesians 1:17. If this be noted, the sense of the phrase “in heavenly places” becomes far clearer. In heavenly places, According to the good pleasure of his will, ὁ Θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ κυρίου κ, ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ πνευματικῇ, πᾶν ἀγαθὸν τὸ ἐν ἡμῖν, Blessed—who has blessed—with blessing, and that, too, in such a way, that the blessed work, Certainly the apostle had before his eyes, in this passage, the whole career.

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