Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
Parallel translations
- WEB don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
- BSB I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
- NKJV do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
- NASB do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;
- NLT I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly,
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Quick answer
Paul says he never stops thanking God for them and praying for them. It models persistent, grateful intercession for fellow believers.
Overview
Continuing the sentence, Paul describes his unceasing thanksgiving and regular mention of the Ephesians in prayer. His pastoral love expresses itself in constant intercession. This sets up the substance of his prayer in the verses that follow, that they would grow in the knowledge of God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Rom 1:8–9First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
- Col 1:9For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
- 2 Th 1:3We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
- Col 1:3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
- 1 Sam 12:23Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
- Phil 1:3–4I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
- Isa 62:6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
- 1 Th 5:17Pray without ceasing.
- 1 Sam 7:8And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Th 1:2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
- Gen 40:14But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
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