Ephesians 1:3-14 “Spiritual Blessings in Christ” (3/1/26)

Ephesians 1:3-14 is a majestic, single-sentence doxology (in the original Greek) praising God the Father for every spiritual blessing bestowed upon believers in Christ, including being chosen before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless, predestined for adoption as sons through Jesus according to God's gracious will—all to the praise of His glorious grace.

The passage continues by celebrating redemption and forgiveness through Christ's blood as lavished riches of grace, the revelation of God's mystery to unite all things under Christ, believers' inheritance as predestined heirs, and being sealed with the promised Holy Spirit as a guarantee of future redemption, culminating again in praise to God's glory.