OET interlinear 1TH 1:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὅτι

because

Here, because introduces a reason why Paul and those with him are sure about the Thessalonians’ “election” (see 1:4). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason for a previous statement. Alternate translation: “which we are sure about because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐγενήθη εἰς ὑμᾶς

the gospel ˱of˲_us not /was/_become to you_all

Here, Paul speaks of our gospel as if it were a person who could come to you. He means that the Thessalonians heard the gospel from Paul and his fellow workers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “you did not receive our gospel”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἐν λόγῳ

in word

Paul is using the term word to refer to speaking words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in speech” or “in spoken words”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν δυνάμει, καὶ ἐν Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ, καὶ πληροφορίᾳ πολλῇ

in in power and in /the/_Spirit Holy and full_assurance much

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of power and assurance, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “in us acting powerfully and in the Holy Spirit working and in us being fully assured”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐν δυνάμει, καὶ ἐν Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ, καὶ πληροφορίᾳ πολλῇ

in in power and in /the/_Spirit Holy and full_assurance much

Here Paul could mean that: (1) Paul and those with him preached the gospel with power and with the help of the Holy Spirit and with much assurance that what they preached was true. Alternate translation: “we preached with power and with the Holy Spirit and with much assurance that it is true” (2) the Thessalonians experienced power and the Holy Spirit and much assurance when they heard the gospel. Alternate translation: “you experienced its power and the presence of the Holy Spirit and much assurance that it is true”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καθὼς οἴδατε οἷοι

as ˱you_all˲_/have/_known such_as

Here, the phrase just as you know could introduce: (1) a basis for Paul’s claim about how the Thessalonians experienced the gospel. Alternate translation: “and you know that is true because you remember what kind of men” (2) a comparison between what Paul has said about how the Thessalonians experienced the gospel and what the Thessalonians know about Paul and his fellow workers. Alternate translation: “and that fits with what you know about what kind of men”