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“Constant joy with constant prayer leads to the expression of thankfulness to God at every turn of life. The stimulating cause of thanksgiving is the Christ within (ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ; cf. the διά in Rom. 1:8, 7:25 and especially Col. 3:17).” (Page 202)
“In adding still further εἰς ὑμᾶς, he intimates that the will of God in Christ is for their advantage, and implies that the Christ in them, the source of joy (1:6, Phil. 4:4), prayer (Eph. 6:18, Rom. 8:26), and thanksgiving (cf. διὰ Χριστοῦ Rom. 1:8, 7:25, Col. 3:17) is the power that enables them to carry out the difficult imperative.” (Page 201)
“The injunction to constant joy and prayer and to thanksgiving in every circumstance is characteristic of Paul” (Page 201)
“Whatever happens, give thanks to God.’ Since in 2 Cor. 9:8 ἐν παντί is distinguished from πάντοτε we must supply here not χρόνῳ or καιρῷ but χρήματι, ‘in every circumstance of life,’ even in the midst of persecutions and friction within the brotherhood.” (Page 202)
“ but they forgot that the indwelling Christ is the power unto righteousness and the pledge of future felicity,” (Page 11)
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