1 THESSALONIANS 1:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;”
We give thanks to God always for all of you, remembering you in our prayers — Paul's intercessory thanksgiving establishes the pattern of continuous, grateful remembrance. The act of thanksgiving (eucharistia) itself becomes a form of worship and spiritual warfare, acknowledging God's sovereign work in their conversion. Prayer is not merely petition but the posture of the transformed community before its divine head.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 1:2
Wherefore then, when writing to the Ephesians, and having Timothy with him, did he not include him with himself (in his salutation), known as he was to them and admired, for he says, “You know the proof of him, that as a child serves the father, so he served with me in the Gospel” Philippians 2:22; and again, “I have no man like-minded who will care truly for your state” Philippians 2:20; but here he does associate him with himself? It seems to me, that he was about to send…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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