1 Thessalonians 1:2

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

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3Incessantly remembering your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father:

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Cross References

Romans 6:17But thanks be to God, that ye who were servants of sin, have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered to you:

Ephesians 1:15Wherefore I also, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus,

Colossians 1:3We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always in our prayers 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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