18. ἐνπαντὶεὐχαριστεῖτε] Vg. in omnibus gratias agite—ἐνπαντί not being ‘ on every occasion’ (Chrys.: ἀεί), but ‘ in all circumstances,’ even in persecutions and trials. Thdt.: μὴμόνονἐντοῖςθυμήρεσιν, ἀλλὰκᾀντοῖςἐναντίοις. οἶδεγὰρτὸσυμφέρονὁμεγαλόδωρος. For a similar stress laid by St Paul on universal thanksgiving cf. Ephesians 5:20, Philippians 4:6, Colossians 3:17. For εὐχαριστεῖν see 1:2 note, and add the late use of the verb by which it is practically = εὔχεσθαι, as in the interesting Christian amulet (6./a.d.?) reproduced by Wilcken (Archiv 1. p. 431 ff.) where after an invocation to God and Christ and the holy Serenus the writer proceeds εὐχαριστῶ ... καὶκλίνωτὴνκεφαλήν [μο]υ ... ὅπωςδιώξῃςἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ... τὸνδαίμοναπροβασκανίας. May we not have an earlier trace of this usage in P.Tebt. 56, 9 (late 2./a.d.) where the rendering ‘ pray’ seems to suit the context better than the editors’ ‘ give thanks’ ? τοῦτογάρκτλ.] Τοῦτο, collective with reference to the foregoing precepts, while the θέλημαθεοῦ (4:3 note) regarding them is specially defined as resting ἐνΧρ. Ἰης. not only as their supreme manifestation, but also as the means through whom alone they can be made effective. For the absence of the art. before εἰςὑμᾶς ‘ with regard to you’ as well as for the hyperbaton cf. Luke 7:30 τὴνβουλὴντοῦθεοῦἠθέτησανεἰςἑαυτούς (Field Notes p. 60).