should be seen as the motive for Christian action—Christians should act without thought of reward—and it has therefore been suggested that the words belong with εὐχαριστοῦμεν, thus supplying a further reason for thanksgiving (Lohse, 16 n. 36 refers to Bengel, Masson and others), but probably the phrase should be taken with τὴν πίστιν κτλ. Peake comments: ‘It is urged that a love of this calculating kind is foreign to Paul, but cf. 2 Cor. 9:6; Gal. 6:9’; at 3:23–24 below, slaves are urged to put