1 Thessalonians 1:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

Without ceasing, remembring your effectuall faith, and diligent loue, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Iesus Christ, in the sight of God euen our Father,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

μνημονεύοντες ὑμῶν τοῦ ἔργου τῆς πίστεως, καὶ τοῦ κόπου τῆς ἀγάπης, καὶ τῆς ὑπομονῆς τῆς ἐλπίδος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς ἡμῶν·

Transliteration

mnēmoneuontes of-you the ergou of-the pisteōs, and the kopou of-the agapēs, and the hypomonēs of-the elpidos of-the Kyriou of-us Iēsou Christou, emprosthen of-the Theou and Patros of-us;

Grammar Details

• *mnēmoneuontes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - remembering/mentioning
• *ergou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of work/deed
• *pisteōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of faith/belief/trust
• *kopou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of labor/toil/trouble
• *agapēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of love
• *hypomonēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of endurance/steadfastness/patience
• *elpidos*: genitive, feminine, singular - of hope/expectation
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord
• *Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ/Messiah
• *emprosthen*: preposition - before/in front of
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *Patros*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Father

Word Meanings

• *mnēmoneuontes*: remembering/mentioning/keeping in mind
• *ergou*: work/deed/action/labor
• *pisteōs*: faith/belief/trust/faithfulness
• *kopou*: labor/toil/trouble/hardship
• *agapēs*: love/charity/benevolence
• *hypomonēs*: endurance/steadfastness/patience/perseverance
• *elpidos*: hope/expectation

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue.
• 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 Wherefore, we also pray alwayes for you, that our God may make you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodnes, and the worke of faith with power,
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Iesus Christ neither circumcision auaileth any thing, neither vncircumcision, but faith which worketh by loue.
• Rev 2:19 : 19 I knowe thy workes and thy loue, and seruice, and faith, and thy patience, and thy workes, and that they are mo at the last, then at the first.
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We ought to thanke God alwayes for you, brethren, as it is meete, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the loue of euery one of you toward another, aboundeth,
• Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For we are saued by hope: but hope that is seene, is not hope: for how can a man hope for that which he seeth? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, we doe with patience abide for it.
• 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For brethren, ye haue bene called vnto libertie: onely vse not your libertie as an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another.
• Gal 6:9 : 9 Let vs not therefore be weary of well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not.
• 1 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing, that when ye receiued the worde of God, which ye heard of vs, ye receiued it not as the worde of men, but as it is in deede the worde of God, which also worketh in you that beleeue. 14 For brethren, ye are become folowers of the Churches of God, which in Iudea are in Christ Iesus, because ye haue also suffred the same things of your owne countrey men, euen as they haue of the Iewes,
• 1 Thess 3:6 : 6 But now lately when Timotheus came fro you vnto vs, and brought vs good tidings of your faith and loue, & that ye haue good remembrance of vs alwayes, desiring to see vs, as we also do you,
• Rom 12:12 : 12 Reioycing in hope, pacient in tribulation, continuing in prayer,
• Rom 15:4 : 4 For whatsoeuer things are written aforetime, are writte for our learning, that we through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope.
• Rom 15:13 : 13 Nowe the God of hope fill you with all ioye, and peace in beleeuing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the holy Ghost.
• Rom 16:6 : 6 Greete Marie which bestowed much labour on vs.
• Rom 16:26 : 26 (But nowe is opened, and published among all nations by the Scriptures of the Prophetes, at the commandement of the euerlasting God for the obedience of faith)
• 1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 Loue suffreth long: it is bountifull: loue enuieth not: loue doeth not boast it selfe: it is not puffed vp: 5 It doeth no vncomely thing: it seeketh not her owne things: it is not prouoked to anger: it thinketh not euill: 6 It reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth: 7 It suffreth all things: it beleeueth all things: it hopeth all things: it endureth all things.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore my beloued brethren, be ye stedfast, vnmoueable, aboundant alwayes in the worke of the Lord, forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vaine in the Lord.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For that loue of Christ constraineth vs, 15 Because we thus iudge, that if one be dead for all, then were all dead, and he died for all, that they which liue, shoulde not henceforth liue vnto themselues, but vnto him which died for them, and rose againe.
• 2 Cor 8:7-9 : 7 Therefore, as yee abound in euery thing, in faith and woorde, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your loue towardes vs, euen so see that yee abound in this grace also. 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue. 9 For ye knowe the grace of our Lord Iesus Christ, that hee being rich, for your sakes became poore, that yee through his pouertie might be made rich.
• Gal 1:4 : 4 Which gaue himself for our sinnes, that he might deliuer vs from this present euill world according to the will of God euen our Father,
• Gen 29:20 : 20 And Iaakob serued seuen yeres for Rahel, and they seemed vnto him but a few dayes, because he loued her.
• Eccl 2:26 : 26 Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
• Song 8:7 : 7 Much water can not quench loue, neither can the floods drowne it: If a man should giue all the substance of his house for loue, they would greatly contemne it.
• John 6:27-29 : 27 Labour not for ye meate which perisheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shal giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. 28 Then sayde they vnto him, What shall we doe, that we might worke the workes of God? 29 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them, This is the woorke of God, that yee beleeue in him, whome he hath sent.
• John 14:15 : 15 If ye loue me, keepe my comandements,
• John 14:21-23 : 21 He that hath my commandements, & keepeth them, is he that loueth me: and he that loueth me, shall be loued of my Father: and I will loue him, & wil shewe mine owne selfe to him. 22 Iudas sayd vnto him (not Iscariot) Lorde, what is the cause that thou wilt shewe thy selfe vnto vs, and not vnto the world? 23 Iesus answered, and sayd vnto him, If any man loue me, he will keepe my worde, and my Father will loue him, and we wil come vnto him, and wil dwell with him.
• John 15:10 : 10 If ye shall keepe my commandements, ye shall abide in my loue, as I haue kept my Fathers commandements, and abide in his loue.
• John 21:15-17 : 15 So when they had dined, Iesus said to Simon Peter, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me more then these? He said vnto him, Yea Lord, thou knowest that I loue thee. He said vnto him, Feede my lambes. 16 He said to him againe the second time, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me? He said vnto him, Yea Lorde, thou knowest that I loue thee. He said vnto him, Feede my sheepe. 17 He said vnto him the third time, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me? Peter was sorie because he said to him the third time, Louest thou me? and said vnto him, Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus saide vnto him, Feede my sheepe.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Amend your liues therefore, and turne, that your sinnes may be put away, whe the time of refreshing shal come from the presence of the Lord.
• Acts 10:31 : 31 And sayd, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine almes are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 That is, to them which through patience in well doing, seeke glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, euerlasting life:
• Rom 5:3-5 : 3 Neither that onely, but also we reioyce in tribulations, knowing that tribulation bringeth forth patience, 4 And patience experience, and experience hope, 5 And hope maketh not ashamed, because the loue of God is shed abroade in our heartes by the holy Ghost, which is giuen vnto vs.
• 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 For this is good & acceptable in the sight of God our Sauiour,
• 2 Tim 1:3-5 : 3 I thanke God, whom I serue from mine elders with pure conscience, that without ceasing I haue remembraunce of thee in my praiers night and day, 4 Desiring to see thee, mindefull of thy teares, that I may be filled with ioy: 5 When I call to remembrance the vnfained faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice, and am assured that it dwelleth in thee also.
• Phlm 1:5-7 : 5 (When I heare of thy loue & faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Iesus, and towarde all Saintes) 6 That the fellowship of thy faith may bee made effectuall, and that whatsoeuer good thing is in you through Christ Iesus, may be knowen. 7 For we haue great ioy and consolation in thy loue, because by thee, brother, the Saintes bowels are comforted.
• Heb 4:11 : 11 Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.
• Heb 6:10-11 : 10 For God is not vnrighteous, that hee should forget your worke, and labour of loue, which ye shewed toward his Name, in that ye haue ministred vnto the Saints, and yet minister. 11 And we desire that euery one of you shew the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende,
• Heb 6:15 : 15 And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes.
• Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye haue neede of patience, that after ye haue done the will of God, ye might receiue the promes.
• Heb 11:7-8 : 7 By faith Noe being warned of God of the things which were as yet not seene, mooued with reuerence, prepared the Arke to the sauing of his housholde, through the which Arke hee condemned the world, and was made heire of the righteousnes, which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed God, to goe out into a place, which hee should afterward receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
• Heb 11:17 : 17 By faith Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offered his onely begotten sonne.
• Heb 11:24-34 : 24 By faith Moses when he was come to age, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter, 25 And chose rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioy the pleasures of sinnes for a season, 26 Esteeming the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect vnto the recompence of the reward. 27 By faith he forsooke Egypt, and feared not the fiercenes of the king: for he endured, as he that sawe him which is inuisible. 28 Through faith he ordeined the Passeouer and the effusion of blood, least he that destroyed the first borne, should touche them. 29 By faith they passed through the red sea as by drie land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to doe, they were swallowed vp. 30 By faith the walles of Iericho fell downe after they were copassed about seue dayes. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them which obeyed not, when she had receiued the spies peaceably. 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would be too short for me to tell of Gedeon, of Barac, and of Sampson, and of Iephte, also of Dauid, and Samuel, and of the Prophets: 33 Which through faith subdued kingdomes, wrought righteousnesse, obteined the promises, stopped the mouthes of lions, 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sworde, of weake were made strong, waxed valiant in battell, turned to flight the armies of the aliants.
• Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you perfect in all good workes, to doe his will, working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ, to whom be praise for euer and euer, Amen.
• Jas 1:3-4 : 3 Knowing that ye trying of your faith bringeth forth patience, 4 And let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect & entier, lacking nothing.
• Jas 2:17-26 : 17 Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe. 18 But some man might say, Thou hast the faith, and I haue woorkes: shewe me thy faith out of thy woorkes, and I will shewe thee my faith by my woorkes. 19 Thou beleeuest that there is one God: thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue it, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes, when he offred Isaac his sonne vpon the altar? 22 Seest thou not that the faith wrought with his workes? and through the workes was the faith made perfect. 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which sayeth, Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse: and hee was called the friende of God. 24 Ye see then howe that of workes a man is iustified, and not of faith onely. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes, when she had receiued ye messengers, & sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without ye spirit is dead, euen so the faith without workes is dead.
• Jas 5:7-8 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, vnto the comming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience for it, vntill he receiue the former, and the latter rayne. 8 Be ye also patient therefore and settle your hearts: for ye comming of the Lord draweth nere.
• 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 But let it bee the hidde man of the heart, which consisteth in the incorruption of a meeke and quiet spirite, which is before God a thing much set by.
• 1 John 3:3 : 3 And euery man that hath this hope in him, purgeth himselfe, euen as he is pure.
• 1 John 3:18 : 18 My litle children, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue onely, but in deede and in trueth.
• 1 John 3:21 : 21 Beloued, if our heart condemne vs not, then haue we boldnes toward God.
• 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For wee are not as many, which make marchandise of the woorde of God: but as of sinceritie, but as of God in ye sight of God speake we in Christ.
• Rev 2:2-4 : 2 I knowe thy workes, and thy labour, and thy patience, and howe thou canst not beare with them which are euill, and hast examined them which say they are Apostles, & are not, & hast found the liars. 3 And thou wast burdened, & hast patiece, and for my Names sake hast laboured, & hast not fainted. 4 Neuertheles, I haue somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first loue.
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because thou hast kept the woorde of my patience, therefore I wil deliuer thee from the houre of tentation, which will come vpon all the world, to trie them that dwell vpon the earth.