Colossians 3:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And {G3748} whatsoever ye do, {G4160} in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ πᾶν ὅ τι ἂν ποιῆτε ἐν λόγῳ ἢ ἐν ἔργῳ, πάντα ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, εὐχαριστοῦντες τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρὶ διʼ αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration

And everything whatever an you poiēte in logō or in ergō, all things in onomati of Kyriou Iēsou, eucharistountes to the Theō and Patri through him.

Grammar Details

• *pan*: accusative, neuter, singular - everything/all
• *ho ti an*: relative clause introducing indefinite condition - whatever
• *poiēte*: present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you may do
• *logō*: dative, masculine, singular - word/speech
• *ē*: disjunctive particle - or
• *ergō*: dative, neuter, singular - work/deed
• *panta*: accusative, neuter, plural - all things
• *onomati*: dative, neuter, singular - name
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord
• *Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus
• *eucharistountes*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, plural - giving thanks
• *Theō*: dative, masculine, singular - to God
• *Patri*: dative, masculine, singular - to Father
• *di'*: preposition with genitive - through
• *autou*: genitive, 3rd person singular masculine pronoun - him

Word Meanings

• *poiēte*: do/perform/practice
• *logō*: word/speech/saying
• *ergō*: work/deed/action
• *onomati*: name/authority/person
• *eucharistountes*: giving thanks/expressing gratitude

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
• Col 3:23 : 23 {G2532} whatsoever {G3748} {G1437} ye do, work heartily, {G5590} as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
• Prov 3:6 : 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
• Eph 5:20 : 20 giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
• 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 if any man speaketh, [speaking] as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, [ministering] as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
• Heb 13:15 : 15 Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.
• 1 John 3:18 : 18 [ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
• Mic 4:5 : 5 For all the peoples walk every one in the name of his god; and we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God for ever and ever.
• 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
• Rom 14:6-8 : 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that eateth, eateth unto the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, unto the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself. 8 For whether {G5037} we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether {G5037} we live therefore, or {G5037} die, we are the Lord's.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a {G1519} people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• Acts 19:17 : 17 And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
• Acts 4:30 : 30 while thy stretchest forth thy {G4571} hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus.
• Matt 28:19 : 19 Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
• 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, — that ye abound more and more. 2 For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
• Phil 1:11 : 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
• Col 1:12 : 12 giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
• Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding {G846} in thanksgiving.
• Phil 2:11 : 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• Rom 1:8 : 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
• 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
• 2 Thess 2:17 : 17 comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
• Heb 1:5 : 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?
• 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
• Eph 1:17 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;