Ephesians 1:16

16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

Ephesians 1:16 in Other Translations

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

16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

16 I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly,

16 I couldn't stop thanking God for you - every time I prayed, I'd think of you and give thanks.

16 I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers.

Ephesians 1:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ephesians 1:16

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 given to God for them:

making mention of you in my prayers;
which shows the apostle to be a praying person, and that he was constant at the throne of grace, where he prayed for others as well as for himself; and it points out the time and way, when, and in which he gave thanks to God for them; and is mentioned, not only to testify his great affection for them, but also to excite them, by his example, to the practice of those duties themselves.

Ephesians 1:16 In-Context

14 who is a deposit guaranteeing 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 God’s people,

16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,

Cross References

• 1. S Romans 1:8
• 2. S Romans 1:10