Colossians 3:17

15 And let ^athe peace of God rule in your hearts, ^bto which also you were called ^cin one body; and ^dbe thankful.

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another ^ain psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17 And ^awhatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

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18 ^aWives, submit to your own husbands, ^bas is fitting in the Lord.

19 ^aHusbands, love your wives and do not be ^bbitter toward them.

20 ^aChildren, obey your parents ^bin all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

21 ^aFathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

22 ^aBondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.

23 ^aAnd whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,

24 ^aknowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; ^bfor you serve the Lord Christ.

25 But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and ^athere is no partiality.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Whatsoever ye do in word or deed - Let your words be right, and your actions upright.

Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus - Begin with him, and end with him; invoke his name, and pray for his direction and support, in all that ye do; and thus every work will be crowned with all requisite success. Doing every thing in the name of God, and referring every thing to his glory, is as rational as it is pious. Could it be ever supposed that any person would begin a bad work in God' s name? However, it is so. No people in the universe more strictly adhere to the letter of this advice than the Mohammedans; for they never undertake a work, eat meat, nor write a book, without prefacing all with: -

\ri720 Bismillahi , Arrahmani , Arraheemi ;

\ri720 \cf1 "In the name of the most merciful and compassionate God."

Not only books of devotion, but books on all arts and sciences, books of tales and romances, books of poetry, and those on the elements of reading, etc., begin thus; nay, it is prefixed to the Lizit un Nissa , one of the most abominable productions that ever came from the pen of man, and is precisely the same among the Mohammedans, as the infamous work of Nicholas Chorier, called Elegantiae Latini Sermonis, falsely attributed to John Meursius, has been among some called Christians. Of both, with a trifling hyperbole, it may be said: "Surely these books were written in hell, and the author of them must certainly be the devil."

Giving thanks to God - Even praises, as well as prayers, must ascend to God through this Mediator. We have no authority to say that God will accept even our thanksgiving, unless it ascend to him through Christ Jesus.

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