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Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God, the Father, through him.
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No Sacred/Secular Divide
Commentators stress that "whatsoever you do in word or deed" is an all-encompassing command. This principle erases any line between "religious" and "secular" activities. As Charles Spurgeon suggests, if you cannot do an activity "in the name of the Lord Jesus"—as His representative and for His glory—then you should not do it at all. This makes your entire life an act of worship.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed. Whatever you say or do—whether relating to temporal affairs or to religion—the command here extends …
Whatsoever ye do (παν οτ εαν ποιητε). Indefinite relative (everything whatever) with εαν and the present active subjunctive, a com…
19th Century
Anglican
All in the name of the Lord Jesus.—Compare here the more general exhortation of 1 Corinthians 10:31, Whether you e…
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Baptist
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing…
Paul now gives us a kind of summary. There are various ways of interpreting “do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.” Some understand the meaning …
16th Century
Protestant
And whatever you do. We have already explained these things, and what precedes them, in the Epistle to the Ephesians, where the same thing…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And whatsoever you do in word or deed Whether in preaching the word of Christ, in hearing the Gospel, in singing psa…
We must not only do no harm to anyone, but do what good we can to all. Those who are the elect of God, holy and beloved, ought to be humble and com…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Apostle urged the faithful to avoid evil, and here he urges them to accomplish what is good. First, he urges the acts of the particular …
