Ephesians 1:16

King James Version

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

Parallel Translations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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,

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 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 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,

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

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;

Webster's Bible Translation
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention 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

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

Young's Literal Translation
do not cease giving 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;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
ceasse not to geue thankes for you, and make mencion of you in my prayers,

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

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

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

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:

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, ¹⁶ Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; ¹⁷ That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: ¹⁸ The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, ²⁰ Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹ Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: ²² And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, ²³ Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth 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
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Genesis 1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Deuteronomy 4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

Job 31:26
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

Job 38:7
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalms 8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Psalms 19:6
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

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.