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OET (OET-LV) Blessed be the god and father of_the master of_us, Yaʸsous chosen_one/messiah, the one having_blessed us with every blessing spiritual in the heavenly realms in chosen_one/messiah,
OET (OET-RV) We praise God, the father of our master Yeshua the messiah.[fn] He is the one who’s blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places—blessings that come from the messiah.
1:3 Verses 3-14 seem to be just one long, rambling sentence in the Greek, and it’s not totally clear what each part means, or how they all connect logically together in sequence. We have split it into smaller sentence chunks to try to help our readers extract some meaning out of it.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
In this book, unless otherwise stated, the words “us” and “we” refer to Paul, the believers in Ephesus, and all believers.
Connecting Statement:
Paul opens his letter by talking about the believers’ position and their safety before God.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
blessed_‹be› the God and Father ˱of˲_the Lord ˱of˲_us Jesus Christ
If your language does not use this passive form, you can state this in active form. Alternate translation: “Let us praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ”
ὁ εὐλογήσας ἡμᾶς
the the_‹one› /having/_blessed us
Alternate translation: “for God has blessed us”
πάσῃ εὐλογίᾳ πνευματικῇ
every blessing spiritual
Alternate translation: “every blessing coming from the Spirit of God”
ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις
with in the heavenly_‹realms›
The word heavenly refers to the place where God is. Alternate translation: “in the supernatural world”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἐν Χριστῷ
with in in Christ
Here, in Christ could mean: (1) a metaphor referring to our close relationship with Christ. Alternate translation: “by uniting us with Christ” or “because we are united with Christ” (2) what Christ has done. Alternate translation: “through Christ” or “through what Christ has done”
1:3–3:21 Ephesians is divided into two sections: Chs 1–3 praise God for his amazing grace, and chs 4–6 instruct believers on how to live in grateful response.
1:3-14 Paul praises God for all the spiritual blessings he has graciously provided through Jesus Christ, for Gentiles as well as for Jews.
• This section is a single, complex sentence in Greek—one of the longest in Paul’s letters, with long sentences being typical of Paul’s writing (also in 1:15-23; 2:1-7, 14-16; 3:1-12, 14-19; Col 1:3-29; 2:1-3, 8-15). The interwoven nature of these sentences reflects the interconnectedness of their ideas.
OET (OET-LV) Blessed be the god and father of_the master of_us, Yaʸsous chosen_one/messiah, the one having_blessed us with every blessing spiritual in the heavenly realms in chosen_one/messiah,
OET (OET-RV) We praise God, the father of our master Yeshua the messiah.[fn] He is the one who’s blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places—blessings that come from the messiah.
1:3 Verses 3-14 seem to be just one long, rambling sentence in the Greek, and it’s not totally clear what each part means, or how they all connect logically together in sequence. We have split it into smaller sentence chunks to try to help our readers extract some meaning out of it.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.