Psalms 3:8
3:8 The Lord delivers;
you show favor to your people. (Selah)
Genesis 14:19
14:19 He blessed Abram, saying,
“Blessed be Abram by the Most High God,
Creator of heaven and earth.
Genesis 32:26-29
32:26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” “I will not let you go,” Jacob replied, “unless you bless me.”
32:27 The man asked him, “What is your name?” He answered, “Jacob.”
32:28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, “but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”
32:29 Then Jacob asked, “Please tell me your name.” “Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there.
Ephesians 1:3-4
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
1:3 Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
1:4 For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.
Ephesians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:9
3:9 and to enlighten
everyone about God’s secret plan
– a secret that has been hidden for ages
in God
who has created all things.