1 Thessalonians 1:2
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
In Context
Cross References
Romans 6:17But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;
Ephesians 1:15For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which ye shew toward all the saints,
Colossians 1:3We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always 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 →