Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
The word "blessed" as used of God in this verse is a special word, "consecrated to God alone in the New Testament";[11] and it is utterly different from the term "blessed" as used in the beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount.  Kelcy informs us that the word reserved for God is [@eulogetos]; and the other one is [@makarios],[12] both of which, however, are translated "blessed" in the common versions.