aCol. 1:4; Philem. 5; See Rom. 1:8
cCol. 1:9
dRom. 1:9; 2 Tim. 1:3
eSee Rom. 15:6
f[Col. 1:9]
gEph. 1:15, 16; Philem. 4
hSee 1 Thess. 1:3
iSee 1 Thess. 1:3
jver. 23; See Acts 23:6; Titus 1:2; Heb. 3:6
k2 Tim. 4:8; 1 Pet. 1:4
lSee Eph. 1:13
m[ver. 23; Ps. 98:3]; See Matt. 24:14
nJohn 15:5, 16; [Phil. 1:11]
o[Rom. 16:26; Eph. 4:21]
pSee Acts 11:23
qch. 4:12; Philem. 23
rch. 4:7
tch. 4:7
v[Rom. 15:30]
wver. 4
x2 Thess. 1:11
y[Eph. 1:17]
zch. 4:5; Eph. 1:8; [1 Cor. 12:8]
aach. 2:13; See Rom. 1:8; Eph. 5:20
acRom. 1:9; 2 Tim. 1:3
adSee Gal. 1:4
ae2 Thess. 1:11; [John 6:29; Gal. 5:6; Heb. 6:10; James 2:22]
af2 Thess. 1:3, 4; [Col. 1:4; 1 Tim. 1:14; Rev. 2:19]
agRom. 8:25; 15:4
ahActs 18:5; [2 Cor. 7:6, 9]
aiSee ch. 1:3
aj[1 Cor. 11:2]
akSee Phil. 1:8
am2 Cor. 1:4
anSee 1 Cor. 16:13
ao[ch. 1:2]
ap2 Tim. 1:3
aqch. 2:17; [Rom. 1:10]
arSee 2 Cor. 13:9

Ephesians 1:15-17

Thanksgiving and Prayer

15For this reason, abecause I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love ▼
▼Some manuscripts omit  your love
 toward all the saints, 16I cdo not cease to give thanks for you, dremembering you in my prayers, 17that ethe God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, fmay give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,

Colossians 1:3-9

Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 gWe always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4since we heard of hyour faith in Christ Jesus and of ithe love that you have for all the saints, 5because of jthe hope klaid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in lthe word of the truth, the gospel, 6which has come to you, as indeed min the whole world it is nbearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you oheard it and understood pthe grace of God in truth, 7just as you learned it from qEpaphras our beloved rfellow servant. ▼
▼Greek  fellow bondservant
 He is ta faithful minister of Christ on your ▼
▼Some manuscripts our
 behalf 8and has made known to us your vlove in the Spirit.

9And so, wfrom the day we heard, xwe have not ceased to pray for you, asking that yyou may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all zspiritual wisdom and understanding,

1 Thessalonians 1:2-3

The Thessalonians’ Faith and Example

2 aaWe give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly ▼
▼Or without ceasing
 acmentioning you in our prayers, 3remembering before adour God and Father aeyour work of faith and labor of aflove and agsteadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 3:6-10

Timothy’s Encouraging Report

6But ahnow that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of aiyour faith and love and reported ajthat you always remember us kindly and aklong to see us, as we long to see you— 7for this reason, brothers, ▼
▼Or  brothers and sisters
 in all our distress and affliction amwe have been comforted about you through your faith. 8For now we live, if you anare standing fast in the Lord. 9For aowhat thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, 10as we pray most earnestly apnight and day aqthat we may see you face to face and arsupply what is lacking in your faith?

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