11/27/14 Here are some verses that address thankfulness in a believer.

11/27/14 Here are some verses that address thankfulness in a believer.

PASSAGES...
VERSES CONCERNING THANKS IN GENERAL
Ephesians 5:1-4
(1) Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
(2) And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
(3) But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
(4) Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

Ephesians 5:18-21
(18) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
(19) Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
(20) Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
(21) Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Colossians 1:3
(3) We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

1 Thessalonians 5:18
(18) In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Hebrews 13:15
(15) By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

THANKS FOR SALVATION
1 Corinthians 15:57
(57) But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:14
(14) Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

2 Corinthians 9:15
(15) Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

Colossians 3:17
(17) And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

THANKS FOR OTHER BELIEVERS
Romans 16:4
(4) Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

2 Corinthians 1:11
(11) Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

2 Corinthians 8:16
(16) But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

Ephesians 1:16
(16) Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
(2) We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
(3) Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

1 Thessalonians 3:7-9
(7) Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
(8) For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
(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;

2 Thessalonians 2:13
(13) But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

ALSO CONSIDER...
1 Timothy 2:1-6
(1) I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
(2) For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
(3) For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
(4) Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
(5) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
(6) Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.