¹⁷ “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus told her, “since I have not yet ascended^(A) to the Father.^(B) But go to my brothers^(C) and tell them that I am ascending to my Father^(D) and your Father, to my God^(E) and your God.”

God’s Rich Blessings

³ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.^(A)

⁶ He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus,^(A)

¹⁰ This is so that God’s multi-faceted wisdom^(A) may now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavens.^(B)

¹² For our struggle is not against flesh^(A) and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,^(B) against the cosmic powers of this darkness, against evil,^(C) spiritual forces in the heavens.^(D)

²² who has gone into heaven^(A) and is at the right hand of God^(B) with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.^(C)