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Heb 13:21. Καταρτίσαι, fit or join you perfectly together) 1Co 1:10, note [the antithesis of σχίσματα, divisions].-ποιῆσαι, ποιῶν) God doing, we will do. [God fits us for doing; nay, indeed He rather does Himself, 2Pe 1:3.-V. g.]-τὀ θέλημα, the will) Comp. Isa 53:10 on the resurrection of Christ and progress of the Divine will.-διὰ, through) Construed with ποιῶν, doing, working, Php 1:11.-ᾧ, to whom) viz. to GOD, Heb 13:20; Rom 16:27, note; Gal 1:5, note. Then, and then only, can glory be given to God, if we subject ourselves to His salutary will. Comp. concerning Christ, 2Pe 3:18.-δόξα, glory) They to whom he wrote had not afforded any occasion for a joyful exordium or commencement, in which thanks might be given; Paul therefore uses in this passage the Doxology, as at Gal 1:5-6, note.