Ephesians 1:3

Paul bursts into praise that God has blessed believers with every spiritual blessing in Christ. It sets the keynote of worship and the theme of union with Christ.

Cross-references · 38

• 1 Pet 1:3Blessed 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,
• 2 Cor 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
• Eph 2:6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
• Gen 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
• Rev 5:9–14And 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.
• John 10:29–30My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
• Eph 1:20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
• Ps 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
• Eph 6:12For 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.
• Gal 3:9So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
• Eph 3:10His 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,
• Isa 61:9Their 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.
• 1 Chr 4:10And 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.
• Ps 134:3May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.
• John 17:21that 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.
• Ps 72:17May 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.
• Eph 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
• Gen 12:2–3I 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.
• 2 Cor 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
• 2 Cor 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
• 1 Chr 29:20Then 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.
• John 15:2–5He 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.
• Dan 4:34But 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.
• Rom 12:5so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
• Gen 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
• 1 Cor 12:12The 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 Cor 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
• Rom 15:6so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Heb 8:5The 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.”
• Neh 9:5Then 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.
• Phil 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Eph 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
• Rev 4:9–11And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,
• John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
• Luke 2:28Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:
• Heb 9:23So 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.
• 1 Cor 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
• 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.’”

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