Ephesians 1:3

American Standard Version (1901)

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ εὐλογήσας ἡμᾶς ἐν πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ πνευματικῇ ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ:

Transliteration

Eulogētos the Theos and Patēr of the Kyriou of us Iēsou Christou, the one having eulogēsas us in every eulogia pneumatikē in the epouraniois in Christō:

Grammar Details

• *Eulogētos*: adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - predicate
• *Theos*: nominative, masculine, singular - subject
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - subject in apposition
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possessive
• *hēmōn*: genitive, plural - possessive
• *Iēsou Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - apposition
• *eulogēsas*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - attributive
• *hēmas*: accusative, plural - direct object
• *pasē*: dative, feminine, singular - attributive
• *eulogia*: dative, feminine, singular - means/instrument
• *pneumatikē*: dative, feminine, singular - attributive
• *epouraniois*: dative, neuter, plural - location
• *Christō*: dative, masculine, singular - sphere/location

Word Meanings

• *Eulogētos*: blessed/worthy of praise
• *Theos*: God/deity
• *Patēr*: Father
• *Kyriou*: Lord/master
• *Iēsou*: Jesus
• *Christou*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
• *eulogēsas*: blessed/bestowed favor upon
• *eulogia*: blessing/benefit/praise
• *pneumatikē*: spiritual/pertaining to the spirit
• *epouraniois*: heavenly places/realms/things

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 1:3 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
• 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• Gen 22:18 : 18 and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
• Ps 72:19 : 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
• John 10:29-30 : 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
• Eph 2:6 : 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly [places], in Christ Jesus:
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, 10 and madest them [to be] unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth. 11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing. 13 And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things are in them, heard I saying, Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, [be] the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever. 14 And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders fell down and worshipped.
• Eph 1:20 : 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly [places] ,
• Eph 3:10 : 10 to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly [places] might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,
• Eph 6:12 : 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places] .
• Ps 134:3 : 3 Jehovah bless thee out of Zion; Even he that made heaven and earth.
• 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.
• 1 Chr 29:20 : 20 And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.
• Neh 9:5 : 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlasting to everlasting; and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
• Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.
• Gen 12:2-3 : 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing: 3 and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 14:20 : 20 and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.
• 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed for evermore knoweth that I lie not.
• Gal 3:9 : 9 So then they that are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
• Eph 1:10 : 10 unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, [I say],
• Eph 1:17 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
• 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Wherefore if any man is in Christ, [he is] a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
• John 15:2-5 : 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh it away: and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.
• John 17:21 : 21 that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
• Rev 4:9-9 : 9 And when the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that liveth for ever and ever, 10 the four and twenty elders shall fall down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.
• Heb 8:5 : 5 who serve [that which is] a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned [of God] when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.
• Rom 12:5 : 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.
• Rom 15:6 : 6 that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
• 1 Cor 12:12 : 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
• Isa 61:9 : 9 And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed.
• Dan 4:34 : 34 And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
• Luke 2:28 : 28 then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
• John 14:20 : 20 In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
• Heb 9:23 : 23 It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
• Phil 2:11 : 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• John 20:17 : 17 Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.