rememberingμνημονεύοντεςbeforeἔμπροσθενourἡμῶνGodτοῦ θεοῦandκαὶFatherπατρὸςyourὑμῶνworkτοῦ ἔργουof faithτῆς πίστεωςandκαὶlaborτοῦ κόπουof loveτῆς ἀγάπηςandκαὶenduranceτῆς ὑπομονῆςof hopeτῆς ἐλπίδοςin our Lordτοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶνJesusἸησοῦthe Messiah,Χριστοῦ
1 Thessalonians 1:3
Study it in the app“remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah,”
Paul remembers the Thessalonians' work of faithFaith
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 1:3, word by word
- rememberingμνημονεύοντεςmnēmoneuontes
remember
To keep something in mind.
Where else “mnēmoneuontes” appears- beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen
before, in front of
In front of, before.
Where else “emprosthen” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- Fatherπατρὸςpatros
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appears- workἔργουergou
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “ergou” appears- of faithπίστεωςpisteōs
trust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteōs” appears- laborκόπουkopou
toil
Exhausting effort, the weariness of one who works hard.
Where else “kopou” appears- of loveἀγάπηςagapēs
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēs” appears- enduranceὑπομονῆςhypomonēs
endurance, perseverance
Endurance, perseverance: holding out patiently under trial.
Where else “hypomonēs” appears- of hopeἐλπίδοςelpidos
hope
Hope: confidence in what God will do.
Where else “elpidos” appears- in our Lordκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears- JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- the MessiahΧριστοῦChristou
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appears
The context
2We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers, unceasingly,
3 · This verse (above)
4knowing, brothers loved by God, your election,