King James Version
Philippians 1:3 in the King James Version says “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, remembrance: or, mention” — study this verse from Philippians chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, remembrance: or, mention”
Philippians 1:3 · KJV
Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, remembrance: or, mention
Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I thank”
G2168to be grateful, i.e., (actively) to express gratitude (towards); specially, to say grace at a meal
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“upon”
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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