Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is sometimes linked with praise to God

Psalm 69:30 NKJV

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

See also 1 Ch 16:4; Ps 42:4; Ps 100:4

The duty of thanksgiving to God

1 Timothy 4:3–4 NKJV

3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving;

See also Ps 107:8–9; Ps 147:7–9; Lk 17:17–18; Ro 1:20–21; Ro 14:6

The expression of thanksgiving to God

Through OT offerings

Psalm 50:14 NKJV

14 Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High.

See also Le 7:12–15; Jon 2:9

In Christian gatherings

1 Corinthians 10:16 NKJV

16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

See also 1 Co 10:30; 1 Co 14:16–17

Through song

Psalm 95:2 NKJV

2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

See also 1 Ch 16:7–9; Ezr 3:11; Ne 12:8; Ne 12:24; Ne 12:27; Ne 12:46; Ps 147:7; Is 51:3; Je 30:19; Eph 5:19–20

Through prayer

1 Timothy 2:1 NKJV

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,

See also Ne 11:17; Da 6:10

Through giving

2 Corinthians 9:11–12 NKJV

11 while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God. 12 For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

In conversation

See also Eph 5:4

Believers are to give thanks in all circumstances

1 Thessalonians 5:18 NKJV

18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

See also Php 4:6; Col 3:17

Thanksgiving for the blessings of salvation

1 Corinthians 15:57 NKJV

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

See also Ro 7:24–25; 2 Co 2:14 for victory through Christ; 2 Co 4:15 for God’s grace; 2 Co 9:15 for Jesus Christ himself; Col 1:12; Col 2:6–7 for union with Christ

Examples of those who gave thanks to God

Jesus Christ

Mt 14:19; Mk 8:6; Lk 24:30; 1 Co 11:24

Paul

Ac 28:15; Ro 6:17; Eph 1:16; 1 Ti 1:12

Heavenly beings

Re 4:9; Re 7:12; Re 11:17