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A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians is unavailable, but you can change that!

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(Mt. 5:14, Lk. 6:28, Rom. 12:14). That they can thus pray as they ought is possible because of the indwelling Christ, (ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ; cf. Rom. 8:26, Eph. 6:18). προσεύχεσθαι (v. 25, II 1:11, 3:1) is common in Gk. Bib.; it is a general word (τὸ ὁμιλεῖν τῶ θεῷ, Theophylact), including δεῖσθαι (3:10), ἐντυγχάνειν (Rom. 8:26, 34), etc. On ἀδιαλείπτως, see 1:3. 18. ἐν παντὶ εὐχαριστεῖτε. “Whatever happens, give thanks to God.” Since in 2 Cor. 9:8 ἐν παντί is distinguished from
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