Albert Barnes Commentary Philippians 1:3

"I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you," — Philippians 1:3 (ASV)

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you (Philippians 1:3). A marginal note suggests mention. The Greek word means recollection, remembrance. This recollection could have been prompted either by his own reflections on what he had seen, by what he had heard about them from others, or by the favors they had bestowed on him, which reminded him of them.

The meaning is that whenever he thought of them, regardless of the cause, he found reason for thankfulness. He states that he thanked his God, indicating that the Philippians' conduct was a proof of God's favor to him. In other words, he regarded their piety as one of the signs of God's favor to his own soul, because he had been mainly instrumental in producing that piety.