1 Thessalonians 1:2

We continually give thanks to God because of you all, while we make mention of you in our prayers.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Paul, Silas, and Timothy: To the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be granted to you.

3For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;

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Cross References

Romans 6:17But thanks be to God that though you were once in thraldom to Sin, you have now yielded a hearty obedience to that system of truth in which you have been instructed.

Ephesians 1:15For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people,

Colossians 1:3We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, constantly praying for you as we do,

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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