King James Version
Ephesians 1:16 in the King James Version says “Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;” — study this verse from Ephesians chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;”
Ephesians 1:16 · KJV
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: in: or, for the acknowledgement
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Cease”
G3973to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e., restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
“to give thanks”
G2168to be grateful, i.e., (actively) to express gratitude (towards); specially, to say grace at a meal
“for”
G5228"over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case super
“in”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
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