1 Thessalonians 5:17
15 Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
16 Rejoice at all times.
Pray without ceasing.
18 Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
19 Do not extinguish the Spirit.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Pray without ceasing.
- KJV
- Pray without ceasing.
- WEB
- Pray without ceasing.
- ASV
- pray without ceasing;
- DARBY
- pray unceasingly;
- BLB
- Unceasingly pray.
- ÅB
- be uavlatelig,
- OTB
- vær stadig i bønn,
- B1930
- bed uavlatelig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
Read in contextColossians 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
Read in contextEphesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Read in contextLuke 18:1
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
Read in contextLuke 21:36
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Read in context1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
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