Philippians 1:3

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
thank	Εὐχαριστῶ Eucharistō	G2168	to be grateful · verb — present active indicative, 1st person singular
my	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
God	θεῷ theō	G2316	figuratively · noun — dative singular masculine, a title
upon	ἐπὶ epi	G1909	properly · preposition
every	πάσῃ pasē	G3956	all · adjective — dative singular feminine
remembrance	μνείᾳ mneia	G3417	recollection · noun — dative singular feminine
you	ὑμῶν hymōn	G5216	of (from or concerning) you

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
Philemon 1:4-5 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and…
Ephesians 1:15-16 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Colossians 1:3-4 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
1 Thessalonians 3:9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
Romans 1:8-9 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:3-6

The apostle proceeds after the inscription and benediction to thanksgiving for the saints at Philippi. He tells them what it was he thanked God for, upon their account. Observe here, I. Paul remembered them: he bore them much in his thoughts; and though they were out of sight, and he was at a distance from them, yet they were not out of his mind: or, Upon every mention of you - epi pasē tē mneia. As he often thought of them, so he often spoke of them, and delighted to hear them spoken of. The very mention of them was grateful to him: it is a pleasure to hear of the welfare of an absent friend. II. He remembered them with joy. At Philippi he was maltreated; there he was scourged and put int…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Philippians 1:3

Translate, "In all my remembrance of you."

Adam Clarke on Philippians 1:3

Upon every remembrance - As often as you recur to my mind, so often do I thank God for the great work wrought among you. Some think that the words should be translated, for all your kind remembrance; referring to their kind attention to the apostle, in supplying his wants, etc.

John Gill on Philippians 1:3

I thank my God,.... After the inscription and salutation follows a thanksgiving, the object of which is God; to whom thanks is to be given at the remembrance of his name, and the perfections of his nature, and for all his mercies, temporal and spiritual. The apostle expresses his propriety and interest in him, calling him "my God"; thereby distinguishing him from all others, the nominal and fictitious gods of the Gentiles, and the idols and lusts of men's hearts; he was the God whom he served in the Gospel, by whom he was sent, and from whom he received all his possessions, and to whom he was accountable. He had a special, particular, covenant interest in him, had knowledge of it, and faith…

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The Church Fathers

Paul praises God every time he remembers the clergy of Philippi, who received the proclamation of the gospel cordially and have remained uncorrupted up to the present.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 1.3-5

"I thank my God," he says, "upon all my remembrance of you." He said in another of his writings, "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief." If then the "grief" be due to the wickedness of the disciples, the doing it "with joy" would be due to their advancement. As often as I remember you, I glorify God. But this he does from his being conscious of many good things in them. I both glorify, he says, and pray. I do not, because ye have advanced unto virtue, cease praying for you. But "I thank my God," he says, "upon all my remembrance of you."
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Philippians 1

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Fellowship · 1:10;10:16,17;12:13;16:19,20; — 1:10;10:16,17;12:13;16:19,20;
Ministers · When faithful: Thank God for his gifts to their people — When faithful: Thank God for his gifts to their people
Thanksgiving · Should be offered: For the grace bestowed on others — Should be offered: For the grace bestowed on others

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Philippians 1:3

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:3-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Philippians 1:3

Adam Clarke on Philippians 1:3

John Gill on Philippians 1:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Philippians 1:3

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Philippians 1:3-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Philippians 1:3

Adam Clarke on Philippians 1:3

John Gill on Philippians 1:3

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Philippians 1:1-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Philippians 1:3-11