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1 Thessalonians 1:2

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We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
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  1. Romans 1:8–9Rank 1 from verse 2
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    8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

    9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

  2. Ephesians 1:15–16Rank 2 from verse 2
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    15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,

    16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

  3. Philemon 1:4Rank 3 from verse 2
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    4I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,

  4. Colossians 1:3Rank 4 from verse 2
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    3We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

  5. Philippians 1:3–4Rank 5 from verse 2
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    3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

    4Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

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1 Thessalonians 1:2

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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mention

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Sense 1: To speak of, name, or refer to. Sense 2: As a noun, a spoken reference or remembrance.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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prayers

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Requests, petitions, supplications, intercessions, or thanksgivings addressed to God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

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3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

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