1 Thessalonians 1:2

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

Literal Standard Version

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

In Context

1Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

3unceasingly remembering your work of faith, and the labor of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

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Cross References

Romans 6:17And thanks to God, that you were servants of sin, and—were obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were delivered up;

Ephesians 1:15Because of this I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love to all the holy ones,

Colossians 1:3We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 1:2

First Thessalonians Thessalonica was formerly the metropolis of Macedonia; it is now called Salonichi, and is the best peopled, and one of the best towns for commerce, in the Levant. The apostle Paul, being diverted from his design of going into the provinces of Asia, properly so called, and directed after an extraordinary manner to preach the gospel in Macedonia ( Acts xvi. 9, 10 ), in obedience to the call of God went from Troas to Samothracia, thence to Neapolis, and thence to Philippi, where he had good… Read the whole commentary →

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