Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

The cup of blessing that we give thanks for, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?

The one who reads this is blessed, and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep what is written in it are blessed, because the time is near!

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.

Then she exclaimed with a loud cry:

“You are the most blessed of women,
and your child will be blessed!

You who are now hungry are blessed,
because you will be filled.
You who now weep are blessed,
because you will laugh.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.

God raised up His Servant and sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways.”

Jesus said, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Those who believe without seeing are blessed.”

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.

In every way I’ve shown you that by laboring like this, it is necessary to help the weak and to keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, for He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Do you have a conviction? Keep it to yourself before God. The man who does not condemn himself by what he approves is blessed.

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

Likewise, David also speaks of the blessing of the man God credits righteousness to apart from works:

Is this blessing only for the circumcised, then? Or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.

The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Messiah, who is God over all, praised forever. Amen.

Otherwise, if you praise with the spirit, how will the uninformed person say “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?

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

we labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;