It seems clear that both the relative pronoun and participle clauses are specifying the reason(s) for praise and are similar in meaning, if not overt form, to a clause with ὅτι (hoti). The blessings God has lavished on his people in Eph 1:3 are πνευματικός (pneumatikos) (“of the Spirit”), because they have their origin and ultimate fulfillment in the “high-heavenlies,” which were obtained by the Last Adam, the “life-giving spirit” who is “from heaven,” and in the likeness of whose resurrection
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