“Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;”
Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ — the constant disposition: eucharisteuō ('give thanks') pantote ('always') peri pantōn ('for all things') tō theō kai patri ('to God and Father') en tō onomati ('in the name') tou kyriou Iēsou Christou ('of Lord Jesus Christ').
Church Fathers on Ephesians 5:20
“But be filled with the Spirit; speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God even the Father; subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.” Do you wish, he says, to be cheerful, do you wish to employ the day? I give you spiritual drink; for drunkenness even cuts off the articulate sound of our tongue; it…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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