1 Thessalonians 2:11

“just as you know how each one of you, like a father his own children,”

1 Thessalonians 2:11 · direct translation from the Greek
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1 Thessalonians 2:11, word by word

just asκαθάπερkathaper

just as

"Just as", "even as".

Where else “kathaper” appears
you knowοἴδατεoidate

know

To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.

Where else “oidate” appears
eachἕναhena

one

The quantity one, or a single one within a group.

Where else “hena” appears
oneἕκαστονhekaston

each

Each, each one.

Where else “hekaston” appears
a fatherπατὴρpatēr

parents

A family's father; sometimes father and mother.

Where else “patēr” appears
childrenτέκναtekna

child

Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.

Where else “tekna” appears

The context

10You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved toward you who believe,

11 · This verse (above)

12we were exhorting you and comforting and testifying, so that you would walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

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