1 Thessalonians 1:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

1 Thessalonians 1:2 —

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Cross-References

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Romans 1:8-9
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. …
Ephesians 1:15-16
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, …
Philemon 1:4
I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
Colossians 1:3
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
Philippians 1:3-4
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 2-5)

I. The apostle begins with thanksgiving to God. Being about to mention the things that were matter of joy to him, and highly praiseworthy in them, and greatly for their advantage, he chooses to do this by way of thanksgiving to God, who is the author of all that good that comes to us, or is done by us, at any time. God is the object of all religious worship, of prayer and praise. And thanksgiving…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. (Ro 1:9; 2Ti 1:3.) The structure of the sentences in this and the following verses, each successive sentence repeating with greater fulness the preceding, characteristically marks Paul’s abounding love and thankfulness in respect to his converts, as if he were seeking by words heaped on words to convey some idea of his exuberant feelings towards them. We--I, Silvanus, and Timotheus. Ro 1:9 supp…