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“Be thankful” (Colossians 3:15). This is a recurring exhortation in the letters of the apostle Paul. No other New Testament writer gives such a sustained emphasis on thanksgiving—and yet, major modern studies of Paul fail to wrestle with it. David Pao aims to rehabilitate this theme by showing how, for Paul, thanksgiving is grounded in the covenantal traditions of salvation history. He states...

The significance of Philo’s writings in our discussion of Pauline thanksgiving cannot be dismissed. Without arguing for any literary dependence between the two authors, Philo’s writings do provide us with a precedent whereby thanksgiving depicts the essence of one’s personal relationship with God. Thanksgiving is therefore related to other theological affirmations and to expressions that reflect such affirmations. More importantly, thanksgiving is not simply a reaction to random acts of kindness,
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