1 Corinthians 15:58

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥστε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί, ἑδραῖοι γίνεσθε, ἀμετακίνητοι, περισσεύοντες ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ τοῦ Κυρίου πάντοτε, εἰδότες ὅτι ὁ κόπος ὑμῶν οὐκ ἔστιν κενὸς ἐν Κυρίῳ.

Transliteration

Hōste, adelphoi of me agapētoi, hedraioi ginesthe, ametakinētoi, perisseuontes in the ergō of the Kyriou pantote, eidotes hoti the kopos of you ouk estin kenos in Kyriō.

Grammar Details

• *Hōste*: consecutive conjunction - therefore/so that
• *adelphoi*: masculine vocative plural noun - brothers
• *agapētoi*: masculine vocative plural adjective - beloved
• *hedraioi*: masculine nominative plural adjective - steadfast/firm
• *ginesthe*: present imperative middle 2nd plural - become/be
• *ametakinētoi*: masculine nominative plural adjective - immovable/unmovable
• *perisseuontes*: present active participle, masculine nominative plural - abounding/exceeding
• *ergō*: neuter dative singular noun - work/deed
• *Kyriou*: masculine genitive singular noun - of the Lord
• *pantote*: temporal adverb - always/at all times
• *eidotes*: perfect active participle, masculine nominative plural - knowing
• *hoti*: subordinating conjunction - that/because
• *kopos*: masculine nominative singular noun - labor/toil
• *ouk*: negative particle - not
• *estin*: present indicative active 3rd singular - is
• *kenos*: masculine nominative singular adjective - empty/vain
• *Kyriō*: masculine dative singular noun - in the Lord

Word Meanings

• *adelphoi*: brothers/siblings (may include sisters in context)
• *agapētoi*: beloved/dear
• *hedraioi*: steadfast/firm/established
• *ginesthe*: become/be/prove yourselves to be
• *ametakinētoi*: immovable/unmovable/steadfast
• *perisseuontes*: abounding/exceeding/increasing
• *ergō*: work/deed/labor
• *Kyriou*: Lord/Master
• *eidotes*: knowing/being aware
• *kopos*: labor/toil/trouble
• *kenos*: empty/vain/fruitless
• *Kyriō*: Lord/Master

Referenced Verses

• Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not be weary in {G2570} well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
• 2 Chr 15:7 : 7 But be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
• Heb 6:10 : 10 for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the {G2873} love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.
• 2 Pet 3:17-18 : 17 Ye therefore, beloved, knowing [these things] beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] the glory both now and for {G2250} ever. Amen.
• Col 1:23 : 23 if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
• Phil 2:16 : 16 holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.
• 1 Cor 3:8 : 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
• Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
• 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
• 1 Cor 16:10 : 10 Now if Timothy come, see that he be with you without fear; for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do:
• Heb 13:15-16 : 15 Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
• John 6:28-29 : 28 They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
• Heb 13:21 : 21 make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and builded up in him, and established in your faith, even as ye were taught, abounding {G846} in thanksgiving.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, — that ye abound more and more.
• 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also [do] toward you;
• Heb 3:14 : 14 for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:
• 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.
• Ps 112:6 : 6 For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
• Matt 25:31-40 : 31 But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: 32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; 33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? 38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me.
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Phil 1:11 : 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
• Phil 1:9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment;
• Ruth 1:18 : 18 And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.
• Ps 19:11 : 11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: In keeping them there is great reward.
• 1 Thess 3:5 : 5 For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.
• Phil 4:17 : 17 Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.
• Col 2:5 : 5 For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
• Ps 78:8 : 8 And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
• Gal 4:11 : 11 I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.
• Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward.
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
• Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
• 2 Pet 1:4-9 : 4 whereby {G1223} he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust. 5 Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in [your] virtue knowledge; 6 and in [your] knowledge self-control; and in [your] self-control patience; and in [your] patience godliness; 7 and in [your] godliness brotherly kindness; and in [your] brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he that {G3361} lacketh these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
• 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
• Ps 73:13 : 13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;