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Ephesians 1:16 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 1 · verse 16
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;Ephesians 1:16 · King James Version
Ephesians 1:16 in context
14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
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Key words (Strong's)
- mentionmneiaremembrance, memory, mentionG3417 →
- thankseucharisteōto be grateful, feel thankful, give thanksG2168 →
- makingpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- Ceasepauōto make to cease or desist, to restrain a thing or person from something, to cease, to…G3973 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-23