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OET (OET-LV) In everything be_giving_thanks, because/for this is the_will of_god in chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous toward you_all.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐν παντὶ
in everything
Here, the phrase In everything could refer to: (1) every situation or experience. Alternate translation: “In everything that you experience” or “In every circumstance” (2) every moment in time. Alternate translation: “At every time” or “At all times”
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
εὐχαριστεῖτε & γὰρ
/be/_giving_thanks & for
Here, the word for could introduce a reason or basis for: (1) the three commands in 5:16–18. Alternate translation: “give thanks. Do these things since” (2) just the command to give thanks. Alternate translation: “give thanks, which you should do since”
Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns
τοῦτο
this_‹is›
Here, the word this could refer to: (1) the three commands in 5:16–18 Alternate translation: “these are” (2) just the command to give thanks. Alternate translation: “that is”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
θέλημα Θεοῦ
/the/_will ˱of˲_God
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of will, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “what God desires”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
θέλημα Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ εἰς ὑμᾶς
/the/_will ˱of˲_God in Christ Jesus toward you_all
Here Paul could mean: (1) that the will of God has been revealed in Christ Jesus. Alternate translation: “the will of God that has been revealed in Christ Jesus for you” or “the will of God as Christ Jesus has shown it to you” (2) that the will of God is for people who are in Christ Jesus. In other words, these commands are what God wants people who are in union with Christ Jesus to do. Alternate translation: “the will of God for you who are united to Christ Jesus”
5:18 Be thankful: God is sovereign and can redeem any situation (Rom 8:28).
OET (OET-LV) In everything be_giving_thanks, because/for this is the_will of_god in chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous toward you_all.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.