Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,