Ephesians 1:16
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
KJV
οὐ παύομαι εὐχαριστῶν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν μνείαν ποιούμενος ἐπὶ τῶν προσευχῶν μου,
Greek NT
non cesso gratias agens pro vobis, memoriam vestri faciens in orationibus meis :
Vulgate
cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
ASV
Cease not to give thanks for you, making commemoration of you in my prayers,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εὐχαριστέω
eucharisteo
verb · 38×
μνεία
mneia
noun · 7×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παύω
pauo
verb · 15×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
προσευχή
proseuche
noun · 36×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: μνείαν | WH/Treg/NIV: μνείαν | RP: + ὑμῶν
- μνείαν — SBLGNT
- μνείαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ὑμῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2632Christian petition is centered on the desire and search for the Kingdom to come, in keeping with the teaching of Christ.107 There is a hierarchy in these petitions: we pray first for the Kingdom, then for what is necessary to welcome it and cooperate with its coming. This collaboration with the mission of Christ and the Holy Spirit, which is now that of the Church, is the objec…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 7:8 — And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1Sam 12:23 — Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
- 1Thess 1:2 — We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
- 1Thess 5:17 — Pray without ceasing.
- 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 1:9 — For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
- Eph 3:14 — For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Eph 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
- Isa 62:6 — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
- John 16:24 — Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
- Phil 1:3 — I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
- 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.