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1 Thessalonians 5:17 — King James Version← Study notes

Pray without ceasing.


1 Thessalonians 5:17Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Thessalonians 5:172 words
GreekMeaning
ἀδιαλείπτωςadialeiptōs
UnceasinglyadverbG89
προσεύχεσθεproseuchesthe
do prayverbG4336
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 5:17

Always to give thanks, this is a mark of a philosophic soul. Have you suffered any evil? But if you will, it is no evil. Give thanks to God, and the evil is changed into good. Say thou also as Job said, “Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.” Job 1:21 For tell me, what such great thing have you suffered? Has disease befallen you? Yet it is nothing strange. For our body is mortal, and liable to suffer. Has a want of possessions overtaken you? But these also are things to be…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 10 on First Thessalonians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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