the Word of God and prayer Vincent says again: “The custom of grace at meat appears in I Samuel 9:13. Christ blessed the loaves and fishes (Matt. 14:19; 15:36). Paul on the ship gave thanks for the meal which the seamen ate (Acts 27:35).” Translation. Because every created thing of God is good, and not even one thing to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is consecrated through God’s Word and prayer. (4:6) The word “brethren” is the translation of the Greek word for “brother,”