1 Thessalonians 1:2

We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you all;

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

In Context

1To the Thessalonian church in union with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, from Paul, Silas, and Timothy. May God bless you and give you peace.

3recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Cross References

Romans 6:17God be thanked that, though you were once servants of sin, yet you learned to give hearty obedience to that form of doctrine under which you were placed.

Ephesians 1:15And therefore I, ever since I heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your confidence in all Christ’s people,

Colossians 1:3Whenever we pray we never fail to thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 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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