Ephesians 1:16

Myles Coverdale Bible

ceasse not to geue thankes for you, and make mencion of you in my prayers,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers.

King James Version (1611)
Cease not to giue thankes for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

King James Version
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

English Standard Version
I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

New American Standard Bible
do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;

New Century Version
I have not stopped giving thanks to God for you. I always remember you in my prayers,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers;

Legacy Standard Bible
do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers:

Berean Standard Bible
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

Contemporary English Version
So I never stop being grateful for you, as I mention you in my prayers.

Complete Jewish Bible
I have not stopped giving thanks for you. In my prayers I keep asking

Darby Translation
do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention [of you] at my prayers,

Geneva Bible (1587)
I cease not to giue thankes for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

George Lamsa Translation
Never cease to give thanks for your sakes and to mention you in my prayers;

Good News Translation
I have not stopped giving thanks to God for you. I remember you in my prayers

Lexham English Bible
do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention in my prayers,

Literal Translation
I also do not cease giving thanks on your behalf, making mention of you in my prayers,

Amplified Bible
I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers;

American Standard Version
cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

Bible in Basic English
Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;

Hebrew Names Version
don't cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

International Standard Version
I never stop giving thanks for you as I mention you in my prayers.Romans 1:9; Philippians 1:3-4; Colossians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:3;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
have not ceased to give thanks on your behalf, and to remember you in my prayers;

Murdock Translation
cease not to give thanks on your account, and to remember you in my prayers;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ceasse not to geue thankes for you, makyng mention of you in my prayers:

English Revised Version
cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

World English Bible
don't cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

Weymouth's New Testament
offer never ceasing thanks on your behalf while I make mention of you in my prayers.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
ceesse not to do thankyngis for you, makynge mynde of you in my preieris;

Update Bible Version
do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention [of you] in my prayers;

Webster's Bible Translation
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

New English Translation
I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

New King James Version
do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:

New Living Translation
I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly,

New Life Bible
Since then, I always give thanks for you and pray for you.

New Revised Standard
I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Cease not giving thanks in your behalf, making mention in my prayers,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers,

Revised Standard Version
I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
cease not to geve thankes for you makynge mencion of you in my prayers

Young's Literal Translation
do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

Mace New Testament (1729)
I continually give thanks upon your account, making mention of you in my prayers;

Simplified Cowboy Version
I have been thanking God for bringing you in. I'm always praying for y'all.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Wherfore I also, (in so moch as I haue herde of the faith which ye haue in ye LORDE Iesu, and of youre loue vnto all ye sayntes) ¹⁶ ceasse not to geue thankes for you, and make mencion of you in my prayers, ¹⁷ that ye God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, the father of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wyssdome, and open vnto you the knowlege of himselfe, ¹⁸ and lighten the eyes of youre vnderstondinge, that ye maye knowe what is the hope of youre callynge, and what the riches of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon the sayntes, ¹⁹ & what is the exceadinge greatnesse of his power towarde vs, which beleue acordinge to ye workynge of his mightie power, ²⁰ which he wroughte in Christ, whan he raysed him vp fro the deed, and set him on his righte hade i heauely thinges, ²¹ aboue all rule, power, and mighte, and dominacio, and aboue all that maye be named, not onely in this worlde, but also in ye worlde to come. ²² And hath put all thinges vnder his fete, and hath made him aboue all thinges the heade of the cogregacion, ²³ which is his body, and the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cease: Romans 1:8, Romans 1:9, 1 Samuel 7:8, 1 Samuel 12:23, Philippians 1:3, Philippians 1:4, Colossians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 2 Thessalonians 1:3

making: Genesis 40:14, Isaiah 62:6, 1 Thessalonians 1:2

Reciprocal: John 16:24 - in Romans 6:17 - But Ephesians 3:14 - I Ephesians 5:4 - but Ephesians 6:18 - Praying Colossians 1:9 - since 2 Thessalonians 1:11 - we pray 2 Timothy 1:3 - I thank Philemon 1:4 - General 3 John 1:3 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 1:7
Then God made ye firmamet, and parted the waters vnder the firmamet, from the waters aboue the firmament: And so it came to passe.

Genesis 1:8
And God called ye firmament, Heauen. Then of the euenynge & mornynge was made the seconde daye.

Genesis 1:9
And God sayde: let the waters vnder heauen gather theselues vnto one place, yt the drye londe maye appeare. And so it came to passe.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grene grasse and herbe, yt beareth sede euery one after his kynde, & trees bearinge frute, & hauynge their owne sede in them selues, euery one after his kynde. And God sawe that it was good.

Genesis 1:14
And God sayde: let there be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to deuyde the daye fro the night, that they maye be vnto tokes, seasons, dayes, and yeares.

Deuteronomy 4:19
yt thou lifte not vp thine eyes towarde heauen, and se the Sonne and the Moone & the starres, and the whole hoost of heaue, and be disceaused, and worsh ppe, and serue them: which the LORDE yi God hath made to serue all nacios vnder ye whole heaue.

Job 31:26
Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysinge of the Sonne? Or, had I the goinge downe of ye Moone in greate reputacion?

Job 38:7
where wast thou when the mornynge starres gaue me prayse, ad when all the angels of God reioysed?

Psalms 8:3
For I considre thy heauens, euen the worke off thy fyngers: the Moone and the starres which thou hast made.

Psalms 19:6
It goeth forth fro the one ende of the heauen, and runneth aboute vnto the same ende agayne, & there maye no ma hyde himself fro the heate therof.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 was far distant from them, and expected to see them no more. But he had faith in prayer, and he sought that they might advance in knowledge and in grace. What was the particular subject of his prayers, he mentions in the following verses.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 16. 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 of thanksgiving to God, who had brought them into that state of salvation; and of prayer, that they might be preserved blameless to the end.

Making mention of you — While praying for the prosperity of the Christian cause generally, he was led, from his particular affection for them, to mention them by name before God.