Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

Ephesians 1:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB)
3(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in (B)the heavenly places in Christ,

Cross references:
A. Ephesians 1:3 : 2 Cor 1:3
B. Ephesians 1:3 : Eph 1:20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12

King James Version (KJV)
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Amplified Bible (AMP)
³May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm!

2 Corinthians 1:1-5

Amplified Bible (AMP)¹PAUL, AN apostle (a special messenger) of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy [our] brother, to the church (assembly) of God which is at Corinth, and to all the saints (the people of God) throughout Achaia (most of Greece):

²Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) to you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement),

⁴Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God.

⁵For just as Christ's [own] sufferings fall to our lot [as they overflow upon His disciples, and we share and experience them] abundantly, so through Christ comfort (consolation and encouragement) is also [shared and experienced] abundantly by us.

New American Standard Bible (NASB) ¹Paul, ^A)">(A)an apostle of ^B)">(B)Christ Jesus ^C)">(C)by the will of God, and ^D)">(D)Timothy our brother, To ^E)">(E)the church of God which is at ^F)">(F)Corinth with all the saints who are throughout ^G)">(G)Achaia:

²^H)">(H)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³^I)">(I)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and ^J)">(J)God of all comfort,

⁴who ^K)">(K)comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

⁵For just ^L)">(L)as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.

Cross references:

1. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : Rom 1:1; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:1; Col 1:1; 2 Tim 1:1; Titus 1:1
2. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : Gal 3:26
3. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : 1 Cor 1:1
4. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : Acts 16:1; 1 Cor 16:10; 2 Cor 1:19
5. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : 1 Cor 10:32
6. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : Acts 18:1
7. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : Acts 18:12
8. 2 Corinthians 1:2 : Rom 1:7
9. 2 Corinthians 1:3 : Eph 1:3; 1 Pet 1:3
10. 2 Corinthians 1:3 : Rom 15:5
11. 2 Corinthians 1:4 : Is 51:12; 66:13; 2 Cor 7:6, 7, 13
12. 2 Corinthians 1:5 : 2 Cor 4:10; Phil 3:10; Col 1:24

King James Version (KJV) ¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

²Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

³Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

⁴Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

⁵For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

My Scriptures For The Day ~ Colossians 1:20-22

I am reading Colossians 1:20-22 in the following translations to let the meaning and consciousness of it become more tangible to me.


Colossians 1:20-22 (King James Version)

20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:

Colossians 1:20-22 (Amplified Bible)

20And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross.

21And although you at one time were estranged and alienated from Him and were of hostile attitude of mind in your wicked activities,

22Yet now has [Christ, the Messiah] reconciled [you to God] in the body of His flesh through death, in order to present you holy and faultless and irreproachable in His [the Father's] presence.

Colossians 1:20-22 (New International Version - UK)

20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behaviour.

22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—

Colossians 1:20-22 (The Message)

^18-20He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he's there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.

^21-23You yourselves are a case study of what he does. At one time you all had your backs turned to God, thinking rebellious thoughts of him, giving him trouble every chance you got. But now, by giving himself completely at the Cross, actually dying for you, Christ brought you over to God's side and put your lives together, whole and holy in his presence. You don't walk away from a gift like that! You stay grounded and steady in that bond of trust, constantly tuned in to the Message, careful not to be distracted or diverted. There is no other Message—just this one. Every creature under heaven gets this same Message. I, Paul, am a messenger of this Message.

I am studying

I have been sitting here wondering why people lie out of the blue? You think everything is going well then someone you trust say something that is not true. I go to my bible when someone does that. This is one of my favorite Psalm 121

Psalm 121 (King James Version)

1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

2My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

4Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

7The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.