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Blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ Ephesians 1:1-5

  1  Paul,   an apostle of   Christ Jesus   [ a ] by the will of God, To the  [ b ] saints who are  [ c ] at Ephesus and  are  faithful in Christ Jesus:   2  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3  Blessed  be  the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly  places  in Christ,   4  just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before  [ d ] Him. In love   5  [ e ] He predestined us to adoption as sons  and daughters  through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,"  Ephesians 1:1-5, NASB     Paul here praised God for giving us every "spiritual blessing in Christ" verse 3.  The spiritual blessings are not the same as material blessings.  Nor does it say that it will be easy for us or that we will be wealthy in material possessions.  Paul himself was often in prison and in need.  It is the spiritua