“Don’t cling to Me,” Jesus told her, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them that I am ascending to My Father and your Father—to My God and your God.”

so that you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with a united mind and voice.

Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort.

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is praised forever, knows I am not lying.

and every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

Who

I will make you into a great nation,
I will bless you,
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.

And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed My command.”

Jabez called out to the God of Israel: “If only You would bless me, extend my border, let Your hand be with me, and keep me from harm, so that I will not cause any pain.”

And God granted his request.

May his name endure forever;
as long as the sun shines,
may his fame increase.
May all nations be blessed by him
and call him blessed.

May the Lord,
Maker of heaven and earth,
bless you from Zion.

Their descendants will be known among the nations,
and their posterity among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.

So those who have faith are blessed with Abraham, who had faith.

Heavenly

He demonstrated this power in the Messiah by raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavens—

Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens,

This is so God’s multi-faceted wisdom may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.

For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

Places, or, things

For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

In christ

for the administration of the days of fulfillment—to bring everything together in the Messiah, both things in heaven and things on earth in Him.

In that day you will know that I am in My Father, you are in Me, and I am in you.

Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

May they all be one,

as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You.

May they also be one in Us,
so the world may believe You sent Me.

in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another.

But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,

For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come.

General references

“Praise the Lord,” Jethro exclaimed, “who rescued you from Pharaoh and the power of the Egyptians and snatched the people from the power of the Egyptians.

I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

For God was pleased to have
all His fullness dwell in Him,