Ephesians 1:16

Revised Standard Version

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

Parallel Translations

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:

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

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

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

Christian Standard Bible®
I never stop giving thanks for you as 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.

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

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

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;

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;

Webster's Bible Translation
Cease not 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,

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.

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

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,

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

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.

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

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,

King James 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,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ceasse not to geue thankes for you, makyng 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;

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

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

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, ¹⁶ I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, ¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, ¹⁸ having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe, according to the working of his great might ²⁰ which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹ far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come; ²² and he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, ²³ which is his body, the fulness of him who fills 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 separated 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 there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

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

Genesis 1:12
The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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

Deuteronomy 4:19
And beware lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Job 31:26
if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,

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

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

Psalms 19:6
Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and there is nothing hid from its heat.

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.