always
Pantote marks actions, attitudes, or conditions as continuing without a stated time limit.
The adverb marks an action, attitude, or state as extending continually or without a stated temporal limit. It qualifies recurring prayer and thanksgiving, sustained conduct and disposition, and ongoing relationships or conditions.
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Continuing without a stated time limit · dominant
As an adverb, it qualifies varied actions and states with continuing temporal scope: in 1 Thessalonians 1:2 the APB renders thanksgiving and prayer as ongoing, while in 1 Thessalonians 5:16 it renders the command "Always rejoice." It also modifies conduct in 1 Corinthians 15:58, where the APB renders believers as "always abounding," and conditions of presence in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, where it renders being "always ... with the Lord."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly represents the temporal force with "always," as in Philippians 4:4 and John 8:29, and sometimes with "at all times," as in Galatians 4:18. Its wording confirms the verse-level temporal emphasis rather than isolating a precise English equivalent in every occurrence.