Grammatically the “through Jesus Christ” is connected with the giving of thanks, but theologically or doctrinally there is a double thought. God is “my God” through Jesus Christ. As He declared to His beloved disciples, “I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God” (John 20:17b)—“your” God because “my” God. And I give thanks unto my God “through Jesus Christ,” for it is both the duty and the privilege of the regenerate, who are members of the holy priesthood, “to offer up
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