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OET (OET-LV) for the fellowship of_you_all in the good_message, from the first day until the time now,
ἐπὶ τῇ κοινωνίᾳ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν
for the fellowship ˱of˲_you_all in the gospel from the first day until the_‹time› now
Here, because could refer to: (1) the reason that Paul gives thanks to God. Alternate translation: “I give thanks to God because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now” (2) the reason for Paul’s joy.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
ὑμῶν
˱of˲_you_all
Here, the word your is plural and refers to the Philippian Christians. In this letter, with one exception, the words “you” and “your” are always plural and always refer to the Philippian Christians. If your language uses different forms to show when “you” and “your” refer to one person and when they refer to more than one person, use the plural form that would be appropriate in your language in this occurrence and all other occurrences of “you” and “your” in this letter, except for in 4:3. A note will discuss the one exception in 4:3.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
τῇ κοινωνίᾳ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον
the fellowship ˱of˲_you_all in the gospel
Here, your fellowship in the gospel refers to the Philippians’ partnering with Paul in the various things involved in spreading the gospel. This includes gifts of money that they sent to Paul (See: 4:15–18). If it would be clearer in your language, you could state this more explicitly. Alternate translation: “your participation with me in advancing the gospel” or “your partnership with me in working to spread the good news about Jesus”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας
from the first day
The phrase from the first day refers to the time at which the Philippian believers first believed the gospel that Paul preached to them. This may also have been the first day that Paul preached in Philippi. Alternate translation: “from the time you first heard and believed the gospel that I preached”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν
until the_‹time› now
The phrase until now does not mean that the Philippian believers have now stopped partnering with Paul. Rather, it means that they are still partnering with Paul. Alternate translation: “that we are still sharing now”
OET (OET-LV) for the fellowship of_you_all in the good_message, from the first day until the time now,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.