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

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

I do not cease (ου παυομα). Singular present middle, while in Col 1:9 Paul uses the plural (literary, or including Timothy), ου πα…

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Cease not to give thanks for you. In the prosperity of the church at Ephesus, he could not help but feel the deepest interest, and he neve…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.—Almost all St. Paul’s Epistles are introduced by t…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making ment…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

Paul assures the Ephesians of his unremitting remembrance of them in his prayers—both thankfulness and intercession. He had already taken on simila…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Making mention of you. To thanksgiving, as is his custom, he adds prayer, in order to encourage them to additional progress. It was necess…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Cease not to give thanks for you
On account of their faith and love; which were gifts of grace bestowed upon them, a…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God has stored up spiritual blessings for us in His Son, the Lord Jesus; but requires us to draw them out and obtain them by prayer. Even the best …

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