InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
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1 Th 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Paul
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Macedonia
Used in these topics: Holiness, spiritual growth and the fruit of the Spirit · Work, diligence and everyday witness
OET-LV For/Because also you_all_are_doing it toward all the brothers, who are in all the Makedonia.
But we_are_exhorting you_all, brothers, to_be_being_plentiful more,
OET (OET-RV) and because you’re all already doing it to the believers all over Makedonia. But we advise you, brothers and sisters to do it even more
God had enabled the Thessalonians to love one another. Paul urged them to do so even more and also to behave in an orderly manner. Even non-believers would respect them when they behaved like that.
And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia.
And indeed you love all your brothers who are everywhere in the province of Macedonia.
all the brothers throughout Macedonia: Paul here expanded what he was saying to include not only believers in Thessalonica but also in Philippi and Berea and any other town in the region of Macedonia.
brothers: See the note on 1:4.
But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
However, brothers, we(excl) urge you to love one another increasingly.
But: Paul knew that the Thessalonians already loved their fellow Christians, but he wanted them to do so even more.
we urge you: This is the same verb that the BSB translated as “encourage” in 2:12a and 3:2b and in 4:1a. See the notes on those verses.
brothers: See the note on 1:4.
to excel more and more: This phrase means “to continue to love your fellow believers more and more.”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
καὶ γὰρ ποιεῖτε
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί Γάρ ποιεῖτε αὐτό εἰς πάντας τούς ἀδελφούς τούς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ παρακαλοῦμεν Δέ ὑμᾶς ἀδελφοί περισσεύειν μᾶλλον)
Here, the phrase For also introduces another reason why Paul and his fellow workers do not need to write to the Thessalonians (see 4:9). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces another reason or basis for a claim, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: [Again, we do not need to write to you about this, since you do] or [Even more, you do]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
ποιεῖτε αὐτὸ
˱you_all˲_˓are˒_doing (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί Γάρ ποιεῖτε αὐτό εἰς πάντας τούς ἀδελφούς τούς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ παρακαλοῦμεν Δέ ὑμᾶς ἀδελφοί περισσεύειν μᾶλλον)
Here, the word it refers to “brotherly love” (see 4:9). If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [you show brotherly love]
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
δὲ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: καί Γάρ ποιεῖτε αὐτό εἰς πάντας τούς ἀδελφούς τούς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ παρακαλοῦμεν Δέ ὑμᾶς ἀδελφοί περισσεύειν μᾶλλον)
Here, the word But introduces a slight contrast between what the Thessalonians are doing and how Paul wants them to do it even more. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of contrast, or you could leave But untranslated. Alternate translation: [Now] or [Yet]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
περισσεύειν μᾶλλον
˓to_be˒_abounding more
Here Paul implies that he and his fellow workers want the Thessalonians to abound in brotherly love even more. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [to abound even more in brotherly love]
OET-LV For/Because also you_all_are_doing it toward all the brothers, who are in all the Makedonia.
But we_are_exhorting you_all, brothers, to_be_being_plentiful more,
OET (OET-RV) and because you’re all already doing it to the believers all over Makedonia. But we advise you, brothers and sisters to do it even more
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.