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Andδὲmay the Lordὁ κύριοςcause youὑμᾶςto increaseπλεονάσαιandκαὶaboundπερισσεύσαιin loveτῇ ἀγάπῃforεἰςone anotherἀλλήλουςandκαὶforεἰςall,πάνταςjust asκαθάπερweἡμεῖςalso doκαὶforεἰςyou,ὑμᾶς
1 Thessalonians 3:12
Study it in the app“And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we also do for you,”
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 3:12, word by word
- may the Lordκύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears- to increaseπλεονάσαιpleonasai
increase, abound
Increase, abound, grow in number or amount; also make abound.
Where else “pleonasai” appears- aboundπερισσεύσαιperisseusai
abound
To have plenty, and more and more.
Where else “perisseusai” appears- in loveἀγάπῃagapēi
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēi” appears- one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlous
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlous” appears- just asκαθάπερkathaper
just as
"Just as", "even as".
Where else “kathaper” appears
The context
11Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.
12 · This verse (above)
13so as to strengthen your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.