OET interlinear 1TH 5:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

διὸ

therefore

Here, the word Therefore introduces what Paul wants the Thessalonians to do in response to what he has told them about Jesus’ second coming and how to be ready for it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces the application of a specific teaching. Alternate translation: “So then” or “Now that I have taught you these things”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

παρακαλεῖτε ἀλλήλους, καὶ οἰκοδομεῖτε εἷς τὸν ἕνα

/be/_comforting one_another and /be/_building one ¬the one

The commands encourage one another and build up one the one 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: “encourage one another” or “build one another up”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

οἰκοδομεῖτε εἷς τὸν ἕνα

/be/_building one ¬the one

Here, Paul is speaking of the Thessalonian believers as if they were a building. If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “help one the one become more faithful to Christ”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

εἷς τὸν ἕνα

one ¬the one

Here, the phrase one the one indicates that each person should be building up each other person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that refers to people building each other up. Alternate translation: “one another”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καθὼς καὶ ποιεῖτε

as also ˱you_all˲_/are/_doing

Here Paul means that the Thessalonians are already doing what he is asking them to do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “which indeed you are already doing for each other”