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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Paul
Used in these topics: Advent (all) · Advent week one
OET-LV And you_all the master might_be_plentiful and might_be_plentiful the in_love toward one_another, and toward all, just_as also we toward you_all,
OET (OET-RV) May the master increase your numbers and give you all an excess of love towards each other and toward everyone, just like we also have toward all of you,
So Paul prayed that God would make it possible for him and his companions to return to Thessalonica. He also prayed that God would help the Thessalonian believers to love one another better and trust the Lord Jesus more strongly.
And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else,
We(excl) also pray that the Lord Jesus will cause your love for one another and everyone else to increase so that it becomes greater,
We(excl) also pray that the Lord Jesus will cause you to love one another and everyone else more and more,
Here, and in 3:13, Paul prayed for the Thessalonians.
the Lord: This refers to the Lord Jesus.
cause you to increase and overflow with love: The Greek verbs pleonazō, which the BSB translates as cause…to increase, and perisseuō, which the BSB translates as cause…to…overflow, mean almost the same thing. The second verb emphasizes the first one. The BSB has used a metaphor here that means in this context, “May God help you to increasingly love others, like someone filling a cup with water until it is full and it overflows.”
just as our love for you overflows,
in the same way that our(excl) love for you is increasing and is becoming greater.
just as our love for you overflows: In Greek, this part of the verse literally says “and we to you.” Some words are implied here that may need to be made explicit in your translation, as in the BSB. Paul was probably asking the Lord to increase the Thessalonians’ love for others in the same way that the love of Paul and his companions for the Thessalonians was increasing.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
δὲ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὑμᾶς Δέ ὁ Κύριος πλεονάσαι καί περισσεύσαι τῇ ἀγάπῃ εἰς ἀλλήλους καί εἰς πάντας καθάπερ καί ἡμεῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς)
Here, the word Now introduces the next part of Paul’s prayer. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces another section, or you could leave Now untranslated. Alternate translation: [Further,]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
ὑμᾶς & ὁ Κύριος πλεονάσαι καὶ περισσεύσαι
you_all & the Lord ˓might˒_abound you_all (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὑμᾶς Δέ ὁ Κύριος πλεονάσαι καί περισσεύσαι τῇ ἀγάπῃ εἰς ἀλλήλους καί εἰς πάντας καθάπερ καί ἡμεῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς)
The terms increase and abound mean similar things. Paul is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [may the Lord make you very much abound] or [may the Lord make you increase greatly]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τῇ ἀγάπῃ εἰς ἀλλήλους, καὶ εἰς πάντας, καθάπερ καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς
¬the ˱in˲_love toward one_another (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὑμᾶς Δέ ὁ Κύριος πλεονάσαι καί περισσεύσαι τῇ ἀγάπῃ εἰς ἀλλήλους καί εἰς πάντας καθάπερ καί ἡμεῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς)
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of love, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in how you love one another and all, just as we also love you]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
εἰς πάντας
toward toward all
Paul is using the adjective all as a noun to refer to all people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [for all humans]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὑμᾶς Δέ ὁ Κύριος πλεονάσαι καί περισσεύσαι τῇ ἀγάπῃ εἰς ἀλλήλους καί εἰς πάντας καθάπερ καί ἡμεῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς)
Paul is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [we also increase and abound in love for you]
OET-LV And you_all the master might_be_plentiful and might_be_plentiful the in_love toward one_another, and toward all, just_as also we toward you_all,
OET (OET-RV) May the master increase your numbers and give you all an excess of love towards each other and toward everyone, just like we also have toward all of you,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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