OET interlinear 1TH 1:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

μνημονεύοντες ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης, καὶ τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν;

remembering ˱of˲_you_all ˱about˲_the work ¬the ˱of˲_faith and the labor ¬the ˱of˲_love and the endurance ¬the ˱of˲_hope ˱of˲_the Lord ˱of˲_us Jesus Christ before the God and Father ˱of˲_us

Here, when Paul says that he and those with him are remembering things before our God and Father, he means that they are thanking God about specific things. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “gratefully mentioning to our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης, καὶ τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

˱of˲_you_all ˱about˲_the work ¬the ˱of˲_faith and the labor ¬the ˱of˲_love and the endurance ¬the ˱of˲_hope ˱of˲_the Lord ˱of˲_us Jesus Christ

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of faith, love, endurance, and hope, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “how you work because you believe, and how you labor because you love, and how you endure because you hope in our Lord Jesus Christ”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως

˱of˲_you_all ˱about˲_the work ¬the ˱of˲_faith

Here, Paul could be using the possessive form to describe work that is: (1) a result of faith. Alternate translation: “your work produced by faith” (2) a proof of faith. Alternate translation: “your work that proves that you have faith”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης

˱about˲_the the labor ¬the ˱of˲_love

Here, Paul could be using the possessive form to describe labor that is: (1) a result of love for other believers. Alternate translation: “labor produced by love for others” (2) a result of love for God. Alternate translation: “labor produced by love for God” (3) a proof of love. Alternate translation: “labor that proves that you have love”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδος

¬the ¬the the endurance ¬the ˱of˲_hope

Here, Paul could be using the possessive form to describe endurance that is: (1) a result of hope. Alternate translation: “endurance produced by hope” (2) a characteristic of hope. Alternate translation: “enduring hope”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

¬the ¬the the ¬the ˱of˲_hope ˱of˲_the Lord ˱of˲_us Jesus Christ

Here, Paul is using the possessive form to describe a hope that is based in our Lord Jesus Christ. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν

˱about˲_the the ˱of˲_the the God and Father ˱of˲_us

Here, our God and Father refers to the one divine person who is both God and Father. The word God and the word Father refer to the same person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “God our Father” or “our Father God”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

(Occurrence -1) ἡμῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: μνημονεύοντες ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης καὶ τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν)

In both places, the word our includes Paul, Silvanus, Timothy, the Thessalonians, and all believers. Your language may require you to mark this form.