Teks -- Colossians 3:17 (NET)

3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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Robertson: Col 3:17 - Whatsoever ye do

Whatsoever ye do ( pān hoti ean poiēte ).

Indefinite relative (everything whatever) with ean and the present active subjunctive, a common idiom in such clauses.

Robertson: Col 3:17 - Do all

Do all ( panta ).

The imperative poieite has to be supplied from poiēte in the relative clause. Panta is repeated from pān (singular), but in the plural (all things). Pān is left as a nominative absolute as in Mat 10:32; Luk 12:10. This is a sort of Golden Rule for Christians "in the name of the Lord Jesus"(en onomati Kuriou Iēsou ), in the spirit of the Lord Jesus (Eph 5:20). What follows (directions to the various groups) is in this same vein. Sociological problems have always existed. Paul puts his finger on the sore spot in each group with unerring skill like a true diagnostician.

Vincent: Col 3:17 - In the name

In the name

See on Mat 28:19.

Vincent: Col 3:17 - Giving thanks

Giving thanks

Notice the emphasis on the duty of thanksgiving placed at the close of the exhortations. See Col 1:12; Col 2:7; Col 3:15; Col 4:2.

Wesley: Col 3:17 - In the name

In the power and Spirit of the Lord Jesus.

Wesley: Col 3:17 - Giving thanks unto God

The Holy Ghost.

Wesley: Col 3:17 - And the Father through him

Christ.

JFB: Col 3:17

Literally, "And everything whatsoever ye do . . . do all," &c.; this includes words as well as deeds.

JFB: Col 3:17 - 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; 1Co 10:31; 2Co 5:15; 1Pe 4:11). Compare "in the Lord," Col 3:18, and "Christ is all," Col 3:11.

JFB: Col 3:17 - God and the Father

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

JFB: Col 3:17 - by him

Greek, "through Him" as the channel of His grace to us, and of our thanksgiving to Him (Joh 14:6, end).

Clarke: Col 3:17 - Whatsoever ye do in word or deed

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

Clarke: Col 3:17 - Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus

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: -

Bismillahi , Arrahmani , Arraheemi

"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.

Clarke: Col 3:17 - Giving thanks to God

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.

Calvin: Col 3:17 - . And whatsoever ye do

17.. And whatsoever ye do We have already explained these things, and what goes before, in the Epistle to the Ephesians, where the same things are said almost word for word. As he had already begun to discourse in reference to different parts of the Christian life, and had simply touched upon a few precepts, it would have been too tedious a thing to follow out the rest one by one, he therefore concludes in a summary way, that life must be regulated in such a manner, that whatever we say or do may be wholly governed by the authority of Christ, and may have an eye to his glory as the mark. ⁴⁵⁴ For we shall fitly comprehend under this term the two following things — that all our aims ⁴⁵⁵ may set out with invocation of Christ, and may be subservient to his glory. From invocation follows the act of blessing God, which supplies us with matter of thanksgiving. It is also to be observed, that he teaches that we must give thanks to the Father through Christ, as we obtain through him every good thing that God confers upon us.

TSK: Col 3:17 - whatsoever // in word // in the // giving // God

whatsoever : Col 3:23; 2Ch 31:20,2Ch 31:21; Pro 3:6; Rom 14:6-8; 1Co 10:31

in word : 2Th 2:17; 1Jo 3:18

in the : Mic 4:5; Mat 28:19; Act 4:30, Act 19:17; Phi 1:11; 1Th 4:1, 1Th 4:2

giving : Col 1:12, Col 2:7; Rom 1:8; Eph 5:20; 1Th 5:18; Heb 13:15; 1Pe 2:5, 1Pe 2:9, 1Pe 4:11

God : Eph 1:17; Phi 2:11; 1Th 1:1; Heb 1:5; 1Jo 2:23

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Poole: Col 3:17 - And whatsoever ye do // In word or deed // in the name of the Lord Jesus // By him

And whatsoever ye do: here the apostle give a universal direction how in every capacity, both personal and relative, in every motion, a Christian may do all so as to find acceptance with God.

In word or deed and that is in his expressions and actings, viz. comprehending his internal as well as external operations; his reasonings and resolutions within, as well as his motions without; the thoughts of his heart, as well as the words of his tongue and the works of his hand; to take (care as much as possible that all be

in the name of the Lord Jesus: elsewhere writing the same thing, the apostle adds Christ, Eph 5:20 . Plato could say: Not only every word, but every thought, should take its beginning from God; but he understood nothing of the Mediator, of the love of him and the Father: but Christians know, as there is salvation in no other name, Act 4:12 , so there is no acceptance of their persons and performances in any other name than in his in whom they believe, Phi 2:10 Heb 10:19,20 1Jo 5:13 ; and therefore in all their desires they are to respect him, Joh 14:13,14 15:3,16 16:23,26 ; looking for his authority and warrant, Mat 18:18-20 Mar 11:9 1Jo 5:14 ; following his example, Mat 11:29 16:24 Joh 13:15 1Pe 2:21-24 1Jo 2:6 ; in all they set about, desiring strength from him, Psa 71:17 Act 4:7,10 1Co 15:10 Phi 4:13 2Ti 2:1 ; living by faith upon him, Gal 2:20 Heb 10:38 2Pe 1:2,3 ; waiting upon him, worshipping and serving of him, according to his prescription, Mic 4:5 Mat 28:19,20 Ac 2:42,43 2Ti 2:19 ; for his sake, Mat 19:29 24:9 Act 9:16 Rev 2:3,13 3:8 ; to his honour and glory, Psa 31:3 1Co 10:31 Rev 4:9,11 5:12,13 11:13 . Endeavouring to render hearty thanks unto God and the Father, i.e. to God the Father: the Syriac and Arabic do omit the conjunction copulative; however, it is to be understood expositively of God the Father of Christ, and our Father, who doth embrace us as his children.

By him by or through Christ, Eph 5:20 Heb 13:15 , the only Mediator.

Haydock: Col 3:17 - Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let all be done for his honour and glory. See 1 Corinthians x. 31. (Witham)

Gill: Col 3:17 - 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

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed,.... Whether in preaching the word of Christ, in hearing the Gospel, in singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and in conference and conversation with each other; or in whatsoever action, civil or religious throughout the whole life and conversation, in the performance of things natural, moral, and evangelical, relating to God or man, or one another, in the world or church:

do all in the name of the Lord Jesus; both in the strength of Christ, without whom nothing can be well said or done; and according to the mind and will of Christ declared in the Gospel, which is his name; and calling upon his name for assistance in the ministration of his word, administration of his ordinances, and in the performance of every duty, directing all to, and having solely in view his honour and glory:

giving thanks to God, and the Father by him; this shows, that singing of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, is a distinct thing from giving of thanks, mentioned in the preceding verse. The things for which thanks are to be given, are "all things"; and the time when, always, as in See Gill on Eph 5:20. The person to whom they are to be given is God the Father, the Father of our spirits, and of our mercies, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of us in him; and the person by whom they are to be given, is Christ, which is just and proper, since all mercies come from, and through him; nor is there any other way of bringing and offering the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving to God; nor are they, nor can they be acceptable to God by, and through any other, but by him alone.