12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 1:4 — I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
• 1Thess 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which e
• 1Thess 3:9 — For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
• 2Thess 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;
• Col 1:3 — We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
• Col 1:3 — We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
• Eph 1:15 — Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
• Eph 1:16 — Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
• Phil 1:3 — I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
• Phil 1:3 — I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
• Phil 1:4 — Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
• Phil 1:7 — Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
• Phlm 1:4 — I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
• Phlm 1:4 — I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
• Rom 1:8 — First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
• Rom 1:9 — For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
• Rom 6:17 — But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
• Rom 16:19 — For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.