Ephesians 1:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Ephesians 1:16 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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. …
Colossians 1:9
For 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;
Colossians 1:3
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We 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;
1 Samuel 12:23
Moreover 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:

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Commentary

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

(vv. 15-23)

We have come to the last part of this chapter, which consists of Paul’s earnest prayer to God in behalf of these Ephesians. We should pray for the persons for whom we give thanks. Our apostle blesses God for what he had done for them, and then he prays that he would do more for them. He gives thanks for spiritual blessings, and prays for further supplies of them; for God will for this be enquired…

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

(vv. 16)

16. (Col 1:9). of you--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. Then the translation may be as English Version still, or as Alford, “making mention of them” (your “faith and love”).