1 Thessalonians 1:2

We giue God thankes alwayes for you all, making mention of you in our prayers

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Pavl, and Siluanus, and Timotheus, vnto the Church of the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Iesus Christ: Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

3Without ceasing, remembring your effectuall faith, and diligent loue, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Iesus Christ, in the sight of God euen our Father,

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Cross References

Romans 6:17But God be thanked, that ye haue beene the seruants of sinne, but yee haue obeyed from the heart vnto the forme of the doctrine, wherunto ye were deliuered.

Ephesians 1:15Therefore also after that I heard of the faith, which ye haue in the Lord Iesus, and loue toward all the Saints,

Colossians 1:3We giue thankes to God euen ye Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, alway 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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