1 Thessalonians 1:2

1 Thessalonians 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
• New International Version (NIV)We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers.
• English Standard Version (ESV)We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers,
• New King James Version (NKJV)We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

Context of 1 Thessalonians 1:2

1Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the assembly of Thessalonians in God [the] Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you at our prayers, 3remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; 4knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.

1 Thessalonians 1:2 word by word

Εὐχαριστοῦμεν τῷ θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν μνείαν ποιούμενοι ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν ἡμῶν, ἀδιαλείπτωςRead the interlinear

• giveεὐχαριστέωeucharisteō · to thankG2168
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• makingποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• mentionμνείαmneia · remembranceG3417
• prayersπροσευχήproseuchē · prayerG4335

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 1:2

• Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world.
• Romans 6:17But thanks [be] to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching into which ye were instructed.
• 1 Corinthians 1:4I thank my God always about you, in respect of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus;
• Ephesians 1:15Wherefore I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which [is] in you, and the love which [ye have] towards all the saints,
• Philippians 1:3I thank my God for my whole remembrance of you,
• Colossians 1:3We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ continually [when] praying for you,
• Philemon 1:4I thank my God, always making mention of thee at my prayers,

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2We give thanks - See Philemon 1:3, Philemon 1:4, and Colossians 1:3; where the same forms of speech are used.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2We give thanks to God always for you all - see the notes, Romans 1:9. Making mention of you in our prayers - See the notes at Ephesians 1:16. It may be observed here: (1) that the apostle was in the habit of constant prayer. (2) that he was accustomed to extemporary prayer, and not to written prayer. It is not credible that “forms” of prayer had been framed for the churches at Thessalonica and Ephesus, and the other churches for which Paul says he prayed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2We always thank God for all of you: This is the first of three times the apostle Paul gives thanks for the church (see 2:13; 3:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. (Ro 1:9; 2Ti 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. Ro 1:9 supports Alford in translating, "making mention of you in our…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings