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Ephesians 1:16

Ephesians 1:16
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Cease not to give thanks for you,.... On account of their faith and love; which were gifts of grace bestowed upon them, and not the produce of their own free will and power; and therefore thanks are…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Cease not to give thanks for you - In the prosperity of the church at Ephesus he could not but feel the deepest interest, and their welfare he never forgot. Making mention of you in my prayers - Paul…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Cease not to give thanks - The apostle intimates, so fully satisfied was he of the genuineness of their conversion, and of their steadiness since their conversion, that it was to him a continual cause…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ephesians 1:15-23

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

cease not, &c. For similar thanksgivings cp. Rom 1:8; 1Co 1:4; Php 1:3; Col 1:3; 1Th 1:2; 1Th 2:13; 2Th 1:3; 2Th 2:13; Phm 1:4. The thanks were literally "unceasing" in principle, and, in practice,…