2 Thessalonians 1:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εὐχαριστεῖν ὀφείλομεν τῷ Θεῷ πάντοτε περὶ ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί, καθὼς ἄξιόν ἐστιν, ὅτι ὑπεραυξάνει ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν, καὶ πλεονάζει ἡ ἀγάπη ἑνὸς ἑκάστου πάντων ὑμῶν εἰς ἀλλήλους·

Transliteration

To eucharistein we opheilomen to the Theos pantote concerning you, adelphoi, kathōs axion estin, because hyperauxanei the pistis of you, and pleonazei the agapē of henos hekastou of all of you toward one another;

Grammar Details

• *eucharistein*: present infinitive, active - complementary to *opheilomen*
• *opheilomen*: present indicative, 1st person, plural - we ought/are obligated
• *Theos*: dative, masculine, singular - indirect object/recipient
• *pantote*: adverb - always/at all times
• *adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - direct address
• *kathōs*: comparative conjunction - just as/according as
• *axion*: nominative, neuter, singular - fitting/worthy
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd person, singular - is
• *hyperauxanei*: present indicative, active, 3rd person, singular - grows exceedingly
• *pistis*: nominative, feminine, singular - subject of *hyperauxanei*
• *pleonazei*: present indicative, active, 3rd person, singular - increases/abounds
• *agapē*: nominative, feminine, singular - subject of *pleonazei*
• *henos*: genitive, masculine, singular - of each/one
• *hekastou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of each/every
• εἰς ἀλλήλους: preposition + accusative, masculine, plural - toward one another

Word Meanings

• *eucharistein*: to give thanks/express gratitude
• *opheilomen*: we are obligated/ought/must
• *Theos*: God/deity
• *pantote*: always/at all times/continually
• *adelphoi*: brothers/siblings/fellow believers
• *kathōs*: just as/according as/in the same way
• *axion*: worthy/fitting/proper
• *hyperauxanei*: grows exceedingly/increases greatly/super-grows
• *pistis*: faith/belief/trust
• *pleonazei*: increases/abounds/multiplies
• *agapē*: love/charity/benevolence
• *henos*: one/single
• *hekastou*: each/every

Referenced Verses

• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
• 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
• 2 Pet 1:5-9 : 5 So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue, 6 And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind, 7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself. 8 For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins. 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:
• Rom 1:8 : 8 First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.
• 1 Cor 1:4 : 4 I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus;
• Eph 5:20 : 20 Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
• Phil 1:7 : 7 So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.
• Phil 1:9 : 9 And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;
• 1 Thess 1:2-3 : 2 We give praise to God at all times for you, keeping you in memory in our prayers; 3 Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
• 1 Thess 3:6 : 6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;
• 1 Thess 3:9 : 9 For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;
• 1 Thess 3:12 : 12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;
• Job 17:9 : 9 Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
• Ps 92:13 : 13 Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will come up tall and strong in his gardens.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
• Isa 40:29-31 : 29 He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force. 30 Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength; 31 But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
• Luke 15:32 : 32 But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
• Luke 17:5 : 5 And the twelve said to the Lord, Make our faith greater.
• John 15:2 : 2 He takes away every branch in me which has no fruit, and every branch which has fruit he makes clean, so that it may have more fruit.
• 2 Pet 1:13 : 13 And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
• 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.
• 1 Thess 4:9-9 : 9 But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary; 10 And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;