<p>3:17 <em>And whatever you do, in word or in action, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him- </em>The doing and acting in view is in the policy of forgiving without repentance, on account of a believer's status in Christ; see on :13 and :14. We do this because we are in Christ, we are acting in His Name, and do so giving thanks to God for our blanket forgiveness which we experience in Him, whereby all our sins are blotted out because of our status in Christ (2:13).</p>