In these verses Paul pauses. Over eleven chapters he has delineated the good news, showing readers’ their need for redemption and then God’s gracious provision of that redemption through Jesus, and the new life in the Spirit that follows. He is about to lead us into the implications of the gospel on our lives — the practical living out of these theological realities. But first he pauses in worship. Theological truth reflexively leads to doxological response — to worship!
