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Pray Specifically by Name
Commentators highlight that Paul's phrase "making mention of you" implies he specifically named the Ephesians in his prayers. Charles Spurgeon uses this to encourage believers to be specific and intentional, even suggesting keeping a list of people to pray for by name. This models a prayer life that is personal and persistent, not just general.
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Ephesians
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Albert Barnes
On Ephesians 1:16
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Ephesians 1:16
I do not cease (ου παυομα). Singular present middle, while in Col 1:9 Paul uses the plural (literary, or including Timothy), ου πα…
Charles Ellicott
On Ephesians 1:16
19th Century
Bishop
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.—Almost all St. Paul’s Epistles are introduced by t…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Ephesians 1:15–23
19th Century
Preacher
Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love to all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mentio…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Ephesians 1:16
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
On Ephesians 1:16
16th Century
Theologian
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
On Ephesians 1:16
17th Century
Pastor
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
On Ephesians 1:15–23
17th Century
Minister
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 …