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 experienced by the writers and their readers (1 Peter 1:3). Ephesians 1:3-14 set forth summarily the Gospel of the grace of God: the father's work of love, Ephesians 1:3 (choosing us to holiness, Ephesians 1:4; to sonship, Ephesians 1:5; to acceptance, Ephesians 1:6); the son's work of love, Ephesians 1:7 (redemption; knowledge of the mystery of His will, Ephesians 1:9; an inheritance, Ephesians 1:11); the HOLY Spirit's work of love, Ephesians 1:13 (sealing; giving an earnest of the inheritance, Ephesians 1:14).
Blessed, [ Eulogeetos (G2128 ), used only of God: eulogeemenos (G2127 ), of men] be the God and Father of ... Christ - so the God and Father of us who are in Him (John 20:17). God is "the God" of the man (Ephesians 1:16) Jesus, and "the Father" of the Divine Word. [Eulogesas (Aorist), 'Blessed us,' not 'hath blessed us;' the past original counsel of God.] As in creation (Genesis 1:22), so in redemption (Genesis 12:3; Matthew 5:3-11; Matthew 25:34) God 'blesses' His children of His grace; not in mere words, but in acts. Our blessing Him is thanksgiving for His grace.
Us - all Christians.
Blessings, х en (G1722) pasee (G3956) eulogia (G2129) pneumatikee (G4152)] - 'with every spirit-bestowed blessing;' 'every possible blessing for time and eternity which the Spirit has to bestow.' Judaism had blessings, but not the blessing of the Spirit. The Trinity appears here, as throughout this letter.
In heavenly places. A phrase five times in this letter, not elsewhere (Ephesians 1:20; Ephesians 2:6; Ephesians 3:10; Ephesians 6:12, margin. Our home (Philippians 3:20), where our hope is (Colossians 1:5), and whence the Spirit comes (Hebrews 6:4; John 6:32). Christ's ascension introduces us into the heavenly places which by our sin were barred against us. Compare the change made by Christ (Colossians 1:20; Ephesians 1:20). While Christ in the flesh was in the form of a servant, God's people could not realize fully their heavenly privileges as sons. Now, "our citizenship (Greek) is in heaven" (Philippians 3:20), where our High Priest is ever 'blessing' us. Our "treasures" are there (Matthew 6:20-21), our aims and affections (Colossians 3:1-2) our hope (Colossians 1:5; Titus 2:13), our inheritance (1 Peter 1:4). The gift of the Spirit, the source of "spiritual blessings," is by virtue of Jesus having ascended there (Ephesians 4:8).
In Christ - the center and source of all blessing.