praise. Greek. ainesis. Only here. Compare Act_2:47.
continually. See Heb_9:6 (always).
the fruit of our lips. This is a reference to Hos_14:2, where the Septuagint renders the Hebrew parim sephatheynu by "bullocks of our lips". Compare Isa_57:19.
giving thanks = confessing. Greek. homologeo. See Heb_11:13. Figure of speech Catachresis.App-6.