¹⁷ Every good and perfect gift is from above,^(A) coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,^(B) who does not change^(C) like shifting shadows.

⁴ I will send you rain^(A) in its season,^(B) and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.^(C)

³⁰ It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus,^(A) who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness,^(B) holiness^(C) and redemption.^(D)

²³ He will also send you rain^(A) for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich^(B) and plentiful.^(C) In that day^(D) your cattle will graze in broad meadows.^{(E) 24} The oxen^(F) and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder^(G) and mash, spread out with fork^(H) and shovel.

Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,^(A) who has blessed us in the heavenly realms^(B) with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

²⁰ When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous^(A) for the law.^(B)