touch the deepest part of a person, the part that drives a person and his or her way of seeing and acting. They are also spiritual because they come from and through the Spirit of God who energizes the image of God residing deep within us. These spiritual benefits come from heaven and are found in Christ. For Paul, there is nowhere else such spiritual treasure can be found. The way Paul makes this point is in three consecutive clauses, each introduced by the preposition en. We have been blessed with
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