11 translations · Greek
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Pray without ceasing.
- KJV King James Version
- Pray without ceasing.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Pray without ceasing.
- ASV American Standard Version
- pray without ceasing;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- continually pray;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- never stop praying,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- continually pray ye;
- DBY Darby Translation
- pray unceasingly;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Pray without ceasing.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Pray without ceasing.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Pray without ceasing.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀδιαλείπτως | adialeiptōs | without ceasing | G89 ἀδιαλείπτως unceasingly |
| προσεύχεσθε | proseuchesthe | Pray | G4336 προσεύχομαι to pray |
Related verses
- Romans 12:12
rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
- Colossians 4:2
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving;
- Ephesians 6:18
with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
- Luke 18:1
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
- Luke 21:36
Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- 1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
15 See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.
16 Rejoice always.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
19 Don’t quench the Spirit.
Read all of 1 Thessalonians 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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