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NASB | Ephesians 5:20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 5:20 always giving thanks to God the Father for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; |
Subject: Thanks Giving to The SBF |
Bible Note: The apostle Paul, in fact, became concerned about Jewish Christians who still were “scrupulously observing days and months and seasons and years.” He remarked: “I fear for you, that somehow I have toiled to no purpose respecting you.” (Gal. 4:10, 11) Why was Paul so concerned? Because, despite his hard work, these former Jews were clinging to religious observances that God no longer desired. They were missing the “spirit” of Christianity. On the contrary, the idea of a single day of thanks undoubtedly would have reminded the early Christians of the pagan Romans, who held an annual thanksgiving celebration in December. A writer of the second century noted: “We [Christians] are accused of a lower sacrilege, because we do not celebrate along with you the holidays of the Cæsars in a manner forbidden alike by modesty, decency, and purity.” |