1 Thessalonians 1:2

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,”

— WEB

“We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;”

— KJV

“We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention [of you] in our prayers;”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Thanksgiving

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Romans 1:8-9 "First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world."
Ephesians 1:15-16 "For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,"
Philemon 1:4 "I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers,"
Colossians 1:3 "We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,"
Philippians 1:3-4 "I thank my God whenever I remember you,"
1 Corinthians 1:4 "I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;"
Romans 6:17 "But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which yo…"

Commentary

I. The apostle begins with thanksgiving to God. Being about to mention the things that were matter of joy to him, and highly praiseworthy in them, and greatly for their advantage, he chooses to do this by way of thanksgiving to God, who is the author of all that good that comes to us, or is done by us, at any time. God is the object of all religious worship, of prayer and praise. And thanksgiving to God is a great duty, to be performed always or constantly; even when we do not actually give thanks to God by our words, we should have a grateful sense of God's goodness upon our minds. Thanksgiving should be often repeated; and not only should we be thankful for the favours we ourselves receive, but for the benefits bestowed on others also, upon our fellow-creatures and fellow-christians. The apostle gave thanks not only for those who were his most intimate friends, or most eminently favoured of God, but for them all. II. He joined prayer with his praise or thanksgiving. When we in every thing by prayer and supplication make our requests known to God, we should join thanksgiving therewith, Phi 4:6. So when we give thanks for any benefit we receive we should join prayer. We should pray always and without ceasing, and should pray not only for ourselves, but for others also, for our friends, and should make mention of them in our prayers.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)

(Rom 1:9; Ti2 1:3.) The structure of the sentences in this and the following verses, each successive sentence repeating with greater fulness the preceding, characteristically marks Paul's abounding love and thankfulness in respect to his converts, as if he were seeking by words heaped on words to convey some idea of his exuberant feelings towards them. We--I, Silvanus, and Timotheus. Rom 1:9 supports ALFORD in translating, "making mention of you in our prayers without ceasing" (Th1 1:3). Thus, "without ceasing," in the second clause, answers in parallelism to "always," in the first.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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