²⁹ and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing^[a] of Christ.

¹⁰ asking that by God’s will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you. ¹¹ For I long to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift so that you may be strengthened— ¹² or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.

¹³ until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity,^[a] to the measure of the full stature of Christ.^(A)

¹⁹ and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.^(A)

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,^[a](A)

²⁶ I will make them and the region around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.^(A)

⁸ Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the gentiles the news of the boundless riches of Christ^(A)