Ephesians 1:16
14 who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
18 I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
- KJV
- Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
- WEB
- don’t cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
- ASV
- cease not to give thanks for you, making mention [of you] in my prayers;
- DARBY
- do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention [of you] at my prayers,
- BLB
- do not cease giving thanks for you⁺, making remembrance in my prayers,
- ÅB
- holder jeg ikke opp med å takke for dere når jeg kommer dere i hu i mine bønner,
- OTB
- har jeg ikke opphørt å takke for dere, idet jeg minnes dere i mine bønner.
- B1930
- holder jeg ikke op med å takke for eder når jeg kommer eder i hu i mine bønner,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 1:8–9
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
Read in contextColossians 1:9
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:3
We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.
Read in contextColossians 1:3
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,
Read in context1 Samuel 12:23
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:3–4
I thank my God every time I remember you.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.
Read in context1 Samuel 7:8
and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
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