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Εὐλογία (eulogía) means blessing, praise, or a generous benefit or gift. Paul expects to come to Rome in the fullness of Christ's blessing, locating fruitful ministry in what Christ supplies rather than apostolic personality.
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Εὐλογία (eulogía) means blessing, praise, or a generous benefit or gift. Paul expects to come to Rome in the fullness of Christ's blessing, locating fruitful ministry in what Christ supplies rather than apostolic personality.
The BSB source-word alignment has 16 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include blessing (5), generously (3), [the] blessing (1), a blessing (1), blessing promised (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 15:29. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (4), Revelation (3), Hebrews (2), Romans (2).
Εὐλογία (eulogía) means blessing, praise, or a generous benefit or gift. Paul expects to come to Rome in the fullness of Christ's blessing, locating fruitful ministry in what Christ supplies rather than apostolic personality. The church's cup of blessing is a shared participation in Christ's blood, making table fellowship incompatible with idolatrous participation.
In 2 Corinthians, the same noun describes a promised collection prepared as a generous gift rather than an extraction from reluctant givers. Galatians identifies Abraham's blessing reaching the Gentiles in Christ so that the promised Spirit is received by faith. Ephesians praises God for every spiritual blessing given in Christ. Blessing can be spoken praise, covenant benefit, table thanksgiving, or material generosity.
The giver, recipient, and covenant context determine its sense.
Εὐλογία describes blessing as Christ-given ministry, the blessed covenant cup, a generous collection, Abraham's blessing reaching Gentiles, and every spiritual blessing granted in Christ.
I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.
Paul trusts that his arrival in Rome will carry the fullness of Christ's blessing, framing mission fruit as divine provision within mutual fellowship.
Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
The blessed cup participates in Christ's blood, so the church's shared table confesses exclusive communion with the Lord rather than neutral ritual consumption.
So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.
Paul arranges the promised collection beforehand so it will be ready as a genuine generous gift, not a grudging exaction produced by pressure.
He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
Christ redeems from the Law's curse so Abraham's blessing reaches Gentiles and the promised Spirit is received through faith.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
Praise rises to the Father because every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms is already given in Christ within God's saving purpose.
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Greek word. Blessing as divine favor bestowed or praised; extends from flattery to formal benediction and spiritual gift.
Blessing as divine favor bestowed or praised; extends from flattery to formal benediction and spiritual gift.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
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How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
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Blessing is not a vague promise of favorable circumstances. Paul expects Christ's blessing to accompany ministry, yet he comes seeking partnership rather than celebrity. At the Lord's table, blessing is covenantal participation in Christ's blood and therefore demands exclusive allegiance. The Corinthian collection shows how blessing can take material form: generosity must be prepared freely, not manipulated from reluctant givers.
Galatians reaches backward to Abraham and outward to the nations, declaring that Christ bears the curse so Gentiles receive the promised Spirit by faith. Ephesians reaches upward in praise because God has already blessed His people in Christ with every spiritual blessing. Churches should bless God, receive Christ's gifts, share covenant fellowship, and give generously without turning blessing into a technique for acquiring wealth.
The word's richness remains unified by God's gracious action in Christ.
Rom.15.29
Εὐλογία is a noun related to speaking well and can mean praise, blessing, benefit, or generous gift. Context and accompanying verbs distinguish words of blessing from received benefit or material bounty.
God blesses Abraham for the nations, priests pronounce blessing, worshipers bless the Lord, and Christ brings covenant blessing and the Spirit to Jew and Gentile by faith.