Ephesians Chapter 1 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Ephesians 1:16

cease not to give thanks for you, making mention `of you' in my prayers;
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BBE Ephesians 1:16

Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;
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DARBY Ephesians 1:16

do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention [of you] at my prayers,
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KJV Ephesians 1:16

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
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WBT Ephesians 1:16


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WEB Ephesians 1:16

don't cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
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YLT Ephesians 1:16

do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
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Ephesians 1 : 16 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Cease not to give thanks for you. This clause expresses the continuation of a former action - the giving thanks for them had begun before the hearing of their faith and love - from the days, in short, of his personal intercourse. We notice as a remarkable feature of Paul's personal religion, as well as his pastoral care, the frequency of his thanksgiving, indicating the prevalence in him of a bright, joyous state of mind, and tending to increase and perpetuate the same. Constantly to recognize God's goodness in the past begets a larger expectation of it in the future. Making mention of you in my prayers. This seems additional to his giving thanks. "Prayers" (προσευχῶν) refers more to supplication and entreaty. While thankful for them, his heart was not satisfied regarding them; he wished them to forget the things behind, and reach forth to those before. The apostle's prayers for his spiritual charge are always remarkable. They are very short, but wonderfully deep and comprehensive; very rich and sublime in aspiration; powerful in their pleas, whether expressed or implied; and exhaustive in the range of blessings which they implore.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.--Almost all St. Paul's Epistles are introduced by this union of thanksgiving and prayer, which is, indeed, characteristic of the right harmony of all Christian worship. (See Romans 1:8-9; Philippians 1:3-4; Colossians 1:3-4; 1Thessalonians 1:2-3; 2Timothy 1:3; Philemon 1:4.) In the Galatian Epistle the omission of both is characteristic; in the two Epistles to the Corinthians thanksgiving alone is explicit, though prayer may be implied. But the proportion of the two elements varies. Here the thanksgiving has already been offered, although in the widest generality. Accordingly all that follows is prayer. In the parallel Colossian Epistle (Colossians 1:3-13), which has no corresponding preface of thanksgiving, both elements are co-ordinate, with perhaps a slight predominance of thanksgiving. . . .