Ephesians 1:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ - This commences a sentence which continues to the close of Ephesians 1:12 . The length of the periods in the writings of Paul, is one caus...
Ephesians 1:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) Blessed [be] the God (3) and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, (4) who hath blessed us with (b) all spiritual blessings in (c) heavenly [places] in (5) Christ: (2) The first part of the epistle,...
Ephesians 1:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Paragraph of Praise. God, who is also the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is thanked for the blessings embracing every form of spiritual riches bestowed through their mystical relationship to Ch...
Ephesians 1:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Blessed, &c . Compare 2 Corinthians 1:3 ; 1 Peter 1:3 . Always applied to God. Lord . App-98. hath . having. Note the use and importance of aorist participles throughout this section. wi...
Ephesians 1:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Blessed (108) be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The lofty terms in which he extolls the grace of God toward the Ephesians, are intended to rouse their hearts to gratitud...
Ephesians 1:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2092 THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS SOVEREIGN GRACE AND MERCY Ephesians 1:3-12 . Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in hea...
Ephesians 1:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Blessed be the God - See the note on 2 Corinthians 1:3 , wh...
Ephesians 1:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 1:3 .— The two first verses contain St. Paul's inscription, or introduction, to his Epistle; and thence to Ephesians 1:14 he proceeds to thank God for his grace and bounty to the Gen...
Ephesians 1:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: The doxologies in the letters imply real sense of grace e...
Ephesians 1:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Thanksgiving for Blessings and Prayer for Wisdom 1, 2. The salutation. I. In the Salutations to the Colossians and to Philemon, written at the same time, 'Timothy the brother' is coupled with St....
Ephesians 1:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

[ 1. Introduction to the Epistle ( Ephesians 1:1-23 ). (1) SALUTATION ( Ephesians 1:1-2 ). (2) THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR — ( a ) The election of the whole Church before the world began, by the...
Ephesians 1:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 2 THE ETERNAL PURPOSE Ephesians 1:3-19 WE enter this epistle through magnificent gateway. The introductory Act of Praise, extending from verse 3 to 14, Ephesians 1:3-14 is one of the...
Ephesians 1:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Our Riches in Christ Ephesians 1:1-14 This has been called the “Epistle of In-ness, ”because it is so full of the preposition in. Saints are flesh and blood like ourselves, and we may be...
Ephesians 1:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The theme of this letter is pre-eminently of the Church as the medium for the accomplishment of the divine purpose. Those addressed are described as "saints," and as "the faithful in Christ Jesus." T...
Ephesians 1:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) В¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: (4) According as he hath chosen us in him before the foun...
Ephesians 1:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE HEAVENLY PLACES ‘In the heavenly places.’ Ephesians 1:3 (R. V.) The Epistle to the Ephesians is the Epistle of our union with the risen and ascended Christ, and of the blessing which tha...
Ephesians 1:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ,.... God, the first person in the Trinity, is the God of Christ, as Christ is man and Mediator; he chose and appointed him to be the Mediator,...
Ephesians 1:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Ver. 3. Blessed be God ] Gratiae cessat decursus, ubi g...
Ephesians 1:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blessed be God, who hath blessed us God's blessing us is his bestowing spiritual and heavenly blessings upon us. Our blessing God is the paying him our solemn and grateful acknowledgments, both on...
Ephesians 1:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SALUTATION (vs.1-2) As an apostle of Jesus Christ, Paul writes this epistle as an authoritative communication from God. Indeed, his apostleship is "by the will of God." Nothing of his own or of a...
Ephesians 1:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Praise for Spiritual Blessings. A. D. 61. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesu...
Ephesians 1:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Ephesians 1:2 "
Ephesians 1:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Panorama of the Gospel (1:3-14) ‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ.' As Paul considers the w...
Ephesians 1:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 1:3 . Blessed be the God and Father. —The Hebrew form for “hallowing the Name” was, “The Holy One, blessed be He.” The Prayer Book version of Psalm c. gi...
Ephesians 1:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

in heavenly places Literally, the heavenlies. The same Greek word is used in ( John 3:12 ) where "things" is added. In both places, the word signifies that which is heavenly in contradistincti...
Ephesians 1:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:3 Of the spiritual blessings which we have in Christ we notice I. Election. God has chosen us not only that we may be saved from eternal destruction, not only that we may be happy for...
Ephesians 1:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this chapter, we see what Paul, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, has to say about the possessions and privileges of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:1-2 . Paul,...
Ephesians 1:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:4 . According 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. What words of consolation! The full soul o...
Ephesians 1:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Blessed he the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Blessed be God Observe well, that the same word is used in...
Ephesians 1:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ephesians 1:1 , Ephesians 1:2 ADDRESS AND SALUTATION . Ephesians 1:1 Paul an apostle of Christ Jesus . Paul's one but all-sufficient claim on the Ephesians is...
Ephesians 1:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:20 ; 1 Chronicles 4:10 ; 1 Corinthians 1:30 ; 1 Corinthians 12:12 ; 1 Peter 1:3 ; 2 Corinthians 1:3 ; 2 Corinthians 11:31 ; 2 Corinthians 5:17 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21 ; Daniel...
Ephesians 1:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Christ the All in All Ephesians 1:1-11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We cannot call Ephesians the Epistle of Paul. It was written by the Holy Ghost through Paul. The Holy Ghost came to take the things of...
Ephesians 1:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us — God's blessing us is his bestowing all spiritual and heavenly blessings upon us. Our blessing God is the paying him our...

Ephesians 1:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 1:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 1:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 1:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 1:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 1:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 1:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 1:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 1:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ephesians 1:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 1:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 1:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 1:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ephesians 1:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 1:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 1:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 1:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ephesians 1:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes