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Whatsoever ye do (pān hoti ean poiēte). Indefinite relative (everything whatever) with ean and the present active subjunctive, a common idiom in such clauses.
Do all (panta). The imperative poieite has to be supplied from poiēte in the relative clause. Panta is repeated from pān (singular), but in the plural (all things). Pān is left as a nominative absolute as in Mat 10:32; Luk 12:10. This is a sort of Golden Rule for Christians “in the name of the Lord Jesus” (en onomati Kuriou Iēsou), in the spirit of the Lord Jesus (Eph 5:20). What follows (directions to the various groups) is in this same vein. Sociological problems have always existed. Paul puts his finger on the sore spot in each group with unerring skill like a true diagnostician.