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John Clayton

There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for.

John Clayton

Thankful

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The quotation means that the feeling of thankfulness did not come from believing Christians were better or more important than others because of their religion or background. Instead, the gratitude was not tied to any sense of being superior as a group or nation.

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