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Selected Verse: Colossians 3:17 - King James

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Col 3:17 King James And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Literally, "And everything whatsoever ye do . . . do all," &c.; this includes words as well as deeds.

in the name of the Lord Jesus--as disciples called by His name as His, seeking His guidance and help, and desiring to act so as to gain His approval (Rom 14:8; Co1 10:31; Co2 5:15; Pe1 4:11). Compare "in the Lord," Col 3:18, and "Christ is all," Col 3:11.

God and the Father--The oldest manuscripts omit "and," which seems to have crept in from Eph 5:20.

by him--Greek, "through Him" as the channel of His grace to us, and of our thanksgiving to Him (Joh 14:6, end).
 
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6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: