1 Thessalonians 1:2 (GNV)

Passage

We giue God thankes alwayes for you all, making mention of you in our prayers

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 1:1 Pavl, and Siluanus, and Timotheus, vnto the Church of the Thessalonians, which is in God the Father, and in the Lord Iesus Christ: Grace be with you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Iesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 1:2 We giue God thankes alwayes for you all, making mention of you in our prayers

1 Thessalonians 1:3 Without ceasing, remembring your effectuall faith, and diligent loue, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Iesus Christ, in the sight of God euen our Father,

1 Thessalonians 1:4 Knowing, beloued brethren, that ye are elect of God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "giue", "thankes", "alwayes", "making", "mention", and "prayers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "giue" and "thankes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Pavl and Siluanus and Timotheus vnto the..." into verse 3's "Without ceasing remembring your effectuall faith and...", so "giue" and "thankes" belong inside that flow. In 1 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "giue" and "thankes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.