Who made us meet (τω ικανωσαντ ημας). Or "you" (υμας). Dative case of the articular participle of ικανοω, late verb from ικανος an…

Giving thanks to the Father. This is another way by which we may walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing ([Reference Colossians…

Giving thanks to the Father.—These words naturally follow the words “with joyfulne ,” with which, indeed, they may be grammaticall…

Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colos…

(4) The crowning virtue of the worthy Christian life is “giving thanks.” One reason for gratitude to God is that he has “qualified” believers “to s…

Giving thanks. Again he returns to thanksgiving, so that he may take this opportunity to list the blessings that had been conferred upon t…

Giving thanks unto the Father
To God the Father, as the Vulgate Latin and the Syriac versions read the clause; and the Complut…

The apostle was constant in prayer, that the believers might be filled with the knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom. Good words will not do with…

Previously, the Apostle gave the reason for his thanksgiving by mentioning the things for which he was thankful. Here, he states his prayer, showin…