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Blessed In The Heavenlies

Bless the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one blessing  us in all,  blessed  spiritually, in the heavenlies in Christ . * In this verse we see three words for blessing in Greek, these words are often used interchangeably in translations confusing the meanings. This first word for blessing eulogētos speaks of one worthy of being praised, and the second eulogeō means to give a blessing as an act of kindness, imparting benefits to the one being blessed. From this idea we get the English terms, "eulogize, eulogy" meaning to celebrate by praising, which is often done at funerals. The common words eú means " well, well done, good, rightly " and lógos  means " a word, a saying, reasoning expressed by words " properly meaning to speak (reason) which confers benefit; hence, bless. *   The idea of logos is more than just saying some words, it constitutes reasoning, or that you have come to reason someone is  worthy of praise, ...