only manifests itself in a particular commandment which, so to speak, would enable man to cast off the burden of his responsibility by fulfilling that particular commandment, but makes itself known in the form of a constant demand by God, a laying claim to the whole man in respect of both his individual deeds and his total conduct. It is from that total behaviour of a man who fully responds to the will of God (v. 2b; cf. 1 Thess. 5:17 ‘Pray constantly’, expressing the Christian’s attitude of mind