1 Thessalonians 1:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Remembering constantly your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of God 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  We remember your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by the hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  remembering{G3421} without ceasing{G89} your{G5216} work{G2041} of faith{G4102} and{G2532} labor{G2873} of love{G26} and{G2532} patience{G5281} of hope{G1680} in our{G2257} Lord{G2962} Jesus{G2424} Christ,{G5547} before{G1715} our{G2257} God{G2316} and{G2532} Father;{G3962}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Remembering{G3421}{(G5723)} without ceasing{G89} your{G5216} work{G2041} of faith{G4102}, and{G2532} labour{G2873} of love{G26}, and{G2532} patience{G5281} of hope{G1680} in our{G2257} Lord{G2962} Jesus{G2424} Christ{G5547}, in the sight{G1715} of God{G2316} and{G2532} our{G2257} Father{G3962};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  with out ceasynge and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faythe and labour in love and perseveraunce in the hope of oure LORde Iesus Christ in the sight of God oure father:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  without ceassynge, and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faith, and youre laboure in loue, & youre pacience in hope, which is oure LORDE Iesus Christ before God oure father:

• 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,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Without ceassyng, callyng to remembraunce the worke of your fayth, and labour of loue, and patient abidyng in the hope of our Lorde Iesus Christe, in the syght of God and our father.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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;

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
• 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 Therefore, we also pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
• Gal 5:6 : 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision matters nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
• Rev 2:19 : 19 I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.
• 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
• Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For we are saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
• 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
• Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not grow weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.
• 1 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectively works also in you who believe. 14 For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Jews:
• 1 Thess 3:6 : 6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, as we also to see you:
• Rom 12:12 : 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
• Rom 15:4 : 4 For whatever things were written in the past were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
• Rom 15:13 : 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Rom 16:6 : 6 Greet Mary, who has worked hard for us.
• Rom 16:26 : 26 But now is revealed, and by the prophetic scriptures, according to the commandment of the eternal God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
• 1 Cor 13:4-7 : 4 Love is patient, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not proud, 5 Does not behave itself rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs; 6 Does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
• 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all died: 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again.
• 2 Cor 8:7-9 : 7 Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us, see that you abound in this grace also. 8 I speak not by commandment, but as a test of the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.
• Gal 1:4 : 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
• Gen 29:20 : 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days, because of the love he had for her.
• Eccl 2:26 : 26 For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Song 8:7 : 7 Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, it would utterly be scorned.
• John 6:27-29 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed. 28 Then they said to him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.
• John 14:15 : 15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
• John 14:21-23 : 21 He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. 22 Judas, not Iscariot, said to him, Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world? 23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
• John 15:10 : 10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.
• John 21:15-17 : 15 When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. 16 He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. 17 He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do you love me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Acts 10:31 : 31 And said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 To those who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life:
• Rom 5:3-5 : 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces patience; 4 And patience, character; and character, hope: 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given to us.
• 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior;
• 2 Tim 1:3-5 : 3 I thank God, whom I serve from my ancestors with a pure conscience, that without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day; 4 Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy; 5 When I call to remembrance the sincere faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that it is in you also.
• Phlm 1:5-7 : 5 Hearing of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints; 6 That the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. 7 For we have great joy and solace in your love, because the hearts of the saints are refreshed by you, brother.
• Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us therefore labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.
• Heb 6:10-11 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,
• Heb 6:15 : 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
• Heb 10:36 : 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
• Heb 11:7-8 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out to a place which he would afterward receive as an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
• Heb 11:17 : 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
• Heb 11:24-34 : 24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 28 Through faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians attempting to do so, were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. 32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
• Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
• Jas 1:3-4 : 3 Knowing this, that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
• Jas 2:17-26 : 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 Yes, someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. The demons also believe, and tremble. 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
• Jas 5:7-8 : 7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain. 8 Be also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is near.
• 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 But let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
• 1 John 3:3 : 3 And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
• 1 John 3:18 : 18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
• 1 John 3:21 : 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God.
• 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
• Rev 2:2-4 : 2 I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and how you cannot bear those who are evil; and you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; 3 And have borne, and have patience, and for my name's sake have labored, and have not fainted. 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
• Rev 3:10 : 10 Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try those who dwell upon the earth.