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<a href="/nkjv/1_thessalonians/1.htm">New King James Version</a> remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father, <a href="/nasb_/1_thessalonians/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> constantly keeping in mind your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, <a href="/nasb/1_thessalonians/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, <a href="/nasb77/1_thessalonians/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, <a href="/lsb/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ before our God and Father, <a href="/amp/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> recalling unceasingly before our God and Father your work energized by faith, and your service motivated by love and unwavering hope in [the return of] our Lord Jesus Christ. <a href="/csb/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. <a href="/hcsb/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work of faith, labor of love, and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, <a href="/asv/1_thessalonians/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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; <a href="/cev/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> we tell God our Father about your faith and loving work and about your firm hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. <a href="/erv/1_thessalonians/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labour of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; <a href="/gwt/1_thessalonians/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In the presence of our God and Father, we never forget that your faith is active, your love is working hard, and your confidence in our Lord Jesus Christ is enduring. <a href="/gnt/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> For we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love made you work so hard, and how your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ is firm. <a href="/isv/1_thessalonians/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> In the presence of our God and Father, we constantly remember how your faith is active, your love is hard at work, and your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah is enduring. <a href="/net/1_thessalonians/1.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/1_thessalonians/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; <a href="/wey/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. <a href="/web/1_thessalonians/1.htm">World English Bible</a> remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> unceasingly remembering your work of faith, and the labor of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father, <a href="/blb/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and unceasing labor of love, and the endurance of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, <a href="/ylt/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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, <a href="/slt/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Remembering your work of faith, and fatigue of love, and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God and our Father;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Being mindful of the work of your faith, and labour, and charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father: <a href="/cpdv/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> remembering your work of faith, and hardship, and charity, and enduring hope, in our Lord Jesus Christ, before God our Father. <a href="/nabre/1_thessalonians/1.htm">New American Bible</a> calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father, <a href="/nrsvce/1_thessalonians/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Mentioning before God the Father the works of your faith and the labor of your love, and the patience of your hope in our LORD Jesus Christ. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And we recall before God The Father the works of your faith, the labor of your love and patience of your hope, which are in our Lord Yeshua The Messiah.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> remembering unceasingly your work, which is the result of faith, your labor, the cause of which is love, and your patience, which springs from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of our God and Father: <a href="/godbey/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> incessantly remembering your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before God even our Father; <a href="/haweis/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> without ceasing calling to mind your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father; <a href="/mace/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Mace New Testament</a> never forgetting the effects of your faith, your charitable offices, and the constancy of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ; of which God is our witness. <a href="/wey/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father; <a href="/worrell/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> 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; <a href="/worsley/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Incessantly remembering your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father: <a href="/parallel/1_thessalonians/1-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sgDUoqNjFio?start=16" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Greetings to the Thessalonians</a> …2We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers 3<a href="/greek/89.htm" title="89: adialeiptōs (Adv) -- Unceasingly, without remission. Adverb from adialeiptos; uninterruptedly, i.e. Without omission.">and continually</a> <a href="/greek/3421.htm" title="3421: mnēmoneuontes (V-PPA-NMP) -- From a derivative of mneme; to exercise memory, i.e. Recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse.">recalling</a> <a href="/greek/1715.htm" title="1715: emprosthen (Prep) -- From en and pros; in front of (literally or figuratively) or time).">before</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Patros (N-GMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2041.htm" title="2041: ergou (N-GNS) -- From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.">work</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4102.htm" title="4102: pisteōs (N-GFS) -- Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. ">of faith,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">your</a> <a href="/greek/2873.htm" title="2873: kopou (N-GMS) -- From kopto; a cut, i.e. toil, literally or figuratively; by implication, pains.">labor</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/26.htm" title="26: agapēs (N-GFS) -- From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast.">of love,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">your</a> <a href="/greek/5281.htm" title="5281: hypomonēs (N-GFS) -- Endurance, steadfastness, patient waiting for. From hupomeno; cheerful endurance, constancy.">enduring</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1680.htm" title="1680: elpidos (N-GFS) -- Hope, expectation, trust, confidence. From a primary elpo; expectation or confidence.">hope</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">in</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmōn (PPro-G1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">our</a> <a href="/greek/2962.htm" title="2962: Kyriou (N-GMS) -- Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.">Lord</a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsou (N-GMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christou (N-GMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ.</a> 4Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-13.htm">1 Corinthians 13:13</a> And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love. <a href="/galatians/5-6.htm">Galatians 5:6</a> For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love. <a href="/colossians/1-4.htm">Colossians 1:4-5</a> because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints— / the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel <a href="/hebrews/6-10.htm">Hebrews 6:10</a> For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so. <a href="/james/2-18.htm">James 2:18</a> But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. <a href="/romans/5-2.htm">Romans 5:2-5</a> through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. / Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; / perseverance, character; and character, hope. ... <a href="/ephesians/1-15.htm">Ephesians 1:15-16</a> For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, / I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-11.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:11</a> To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith, <a href="/1_peter/1-21.htm">1 Peter 1:21-22</a> Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God. / Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. <a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm">Hebrews 10:22-24</a> let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. / Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. / And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. <a href="/philippians/1-3.htm">Philippians 1:3-5</a> I thank my God every time I remember you. / In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy, / because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, <a href="/2_corinthians/9-8.htm">2 Corinthians 9:8</a> And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. <a href="/romans/1-8.htm">Romans 1:8-10</a> First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world. / God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you / in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you. <a href="/1_john/3-23.htm">1 John 3:23</a> And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us. <a href="/2_peter/1-5.htm">2 Peter 1:5-7</a> For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; / and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; / and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;Remembering.<a href="/1_thessalonians/3-6.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:6</a> But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:<a href="/2_timothy/1-3.htm">2 Timothy 1:3-5</a> I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; … your.<a href="/1_thessalonians/2-13.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:13,14</a> For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe… <a href="/john/6-27.htm">John 6:27-29</a> Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed… <a href="/romans/16-26.htm">Romans 16:26</a> But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:and labour.<a href="/genesis/29-20.htm">Genesis 29:20</a> And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.<a href="/songs/8-7.htm">Song of Solomon 8:7</a> Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.<a href="/john/14-15.htm">John 14:15,21-23</a> If ye love me, keep my commandments… and patience.<a href="/romans/2-7.htm">Romans 2:7</a> To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:<a href="/romans/5-3.htm">Romans 5:3-5</a> And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; … <a href="/romans/8-24.htm">Romans 8:24,25</a> For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? … in the.<a href="/ecclesiastes/2-26.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:26</a> For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.<a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a> Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;<a href="/acts/10-31.htm">Acts 10:31</a> And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/colossians/3-22.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/colossians/3-13.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-16.htm">Ceasing</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-1.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-2.htm">Constantly</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-2.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/colossians/1-11.htm">Endurance</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-6.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/colossians/2-12.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/colossians/1-27.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-1.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/colossians/1-29.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-23.htm">Labours</a> <a href="/colossians/1-11.htm">Patience</a> <a href="/romans/12-12.htm">Persistent</a> <a href="/colossians/1-28.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/colossians/2-12.htm">Produced</a> <a href="/acts/19-33.htm">Prompted</a> <a href="/colossians/4-18.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/colossians/4-12.htm">Remembering</a> <a href="/colossians/1-22.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/colossians/2-19.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/romans/1-9.htm">Unceasingly</a> <a href="/matthew/21-21.htm">Unwavering</a> <a href="/colossians/4-17.htm">Work</a> <a href="/colossians/1-29.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_timothy/1-13.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">Bearing</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-13.htm">Ceasing</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-7.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-17.htm">Constantly</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-13.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm">Endurance</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-1.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-7.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-19.htm">Hope</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-10.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-9.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-6.htm">Labours</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-4.htm">Patience</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-5.htm">Persistent</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-17.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/james/5-18.htm">Produced</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-3.htm">Prompted</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-2.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-4.htm">Remembering</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-3.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-2.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-17.htm">Unceasingly</a> <a href="/james/3-17.htm">Unwavering</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-13.htm">Work</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-13.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">1 Thessalonians 1</div>1. <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-1.htm">The Thessalonians are told both how mindful of them Paul was in thanksgiving, and prayer;</a> 5. <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-5.htm">and also how well he was persuaded of the truth and sincerity of their faith and conversion to God.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_thessalonians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_thessalonians/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>and continually recalling before our God and Father This phrase highlights the practice of constant prayer and remembrance. In the early church, prayer was a central part of communal and individual life, reflecting a deep relationship with God. The mention of "our God and Father" emphasizes the personal and communal relationship believers have with God, acknowledging Him as both a personal deity and a paternal figure. This reflects the Jewish tradition of addressing God as Father, which Jesus also emphasized (<a href="/matthew/6-9.htm">Matthew 6:9</a>). The act of recalling suggests a deliberate and ongoing mindfulness of the Thessalonians' virtues, indicating the importance of gratitude and intercession in the Christian life.your work of faith The "work of faith" refers to the actions and deeds that stem from genuine belief in Christ. In the context of the early church, faith was not merely intellectual assent but was demonstrated through tangible actions. <a href="/james/2-17.htm">James 2:17</a> reinforces this by stating that faith without works is dead. The Thessalonians' faith was evident in their transformation and the spread of the Gospel in their region (<a href="/1_thessalonians/1-8.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:8</a>). This phrase underscores the transformative power of faith that results in visible change and service.your labor of love "Labor of love" indicates strenuous effort motivated by love. In the Greco-Roman world, labor was often associated with toil and hardship, yet here it is driven by love, reflecting the selfless nature of Christian service. This love is agape, a self-sacrificial love that mirrors Christ's love for humanity (<a href="/john/15-13.htm">John 15:13</a>). The Thessalonians' love was not passive but active, involving sacrifice and dedication to others, which is a hallmark of Christian community (1 <a href="/john/3-18.htm">John 3:18</a>).and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ The "enduring hope" speaks to the perseverance and steadfastness of the Thessalonians despite persecution and trials. Hope in the New Testament is often linked to the expectation of Christ's return and the fulfillment of God's promises (<a href="/titus/2-13.htm">Titus 2:13</a>). This hope is not wishful thinking but a confident assurance rooted in the resurrection of Jesus and His future return. The Thessalonians' hope was a source of strength and motivation, enabling them to endure hardships with the assurance of eternal life and victory in Christ (<a href="/romans/5-3.htm">Romans 5:3-5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul.htm">Paul</a> The apostle who wrote the letter to the Thessalonians, expressing gratitude and encouragement for their faith. 2. <a href="/topical/s/silas_and_timothy.htm">Silas and Timothy</a> Co-authors with Paul, who were involved in the ministry to the Thessalonians. 3. <a href="/topical/t/thessalonica.htm">Thessalonica</a> A city in Macedonia where the church was established during Paul's second missionary journey. 4. <a href="/topical/t/thessalonian_church.htm">Thessalonian Church</a> The recipients of the letter, known for their faith, love, and hope despite persecution. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god_the_father_and_lord_jesus_christ.htm">God the Father and Lord Jesus Christ</a> Central figures in the faith and hope of the Thessalonian believers.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_triad_of_christian_virtues.htm">The Triad of Christian Virtues</a> The verse highlights faith, love, and hope as foundational elements of the Christian life. These virtues are not passive but active, demonstrated through work, labor, and endurance. <a href="/topical/w/work_of_faith.htm">Work of Faith</a> True faith is evidenced by action. Believers are called to live out their faith through deeds that reflect their trust in God. <a href="/topical/l/labor_of_love.htm">Labor of Love</a> Love is more than a feeling; it requires effort and sacrifice. Christians are encouraged to serve others selflessly, motivated by the love of Christ. <a href="/topical/e/enduring_hope.htm">Enduring Hope</a> Hope in Christ provides strength to persevere through trials. This hope is not wishful thinking but a confident expectation based on God's promises. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_encouragement.htm">Community and Encouragement</a> Paul’s remembrance of the Thessalonians’ virtues serves as an encouragement to them and to us. Believers should encourage one another by recognizing and affirming the work of God in each other's lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_thessalonians_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Thessalonians 1</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_king_james_bible.htm">What is the King James Version of the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_reveal_himself_in_the_bible.htm">If faith is required for salvation, why does the Bible contain so many stories where God reveals Himself directly?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_three_theological_virtues.htm">What are the three theological virtues?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_matthew_25_stress_good_works.htm">Why does Matthew 25 appear to emphasize good works (Matthew 25:31–46) when other passages stress faith alone (e.g., Romans 3:28)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) Faith . . . love . . . hope.--in this first of his writings, St. Paul has already fixed upon the three great abiding principles (<a href="/1_corinthians/13-13.htm" title="And now stays faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.">1Corinthians 13:13</a>) of the Christian life, and the forms in which they mainly exhibit themselves. The genitive in such phrases as "work of faith," etc., is almost equivalent to a very emphatic adjective--"faithful activity," i.e., a work characterised by faith and prompted by faith, such as faith alone could have enabled you to accomplish; so "labour of love" is similarly equivalent to "loving labour," laborious toil undertaken for love's sake, and done in the spirit of love; and "patience of hope" to "hopeful endurance of trials," a steadfast endurance which is grounded upon and cheered by hope.In our Lord.--More correctly, of The words in the Greek go with all three clauses: He is the object of the faith and love, as well as of the hope. This "hope of our Lord" includes, but is not limited to, the hope of His second Advent.In the sight of God goes closely with "remembering," and is equivalent to "in prayer."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_thessalonians/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - Remembering without ceasing. Some attach the words, "without ceasing," or "unceasingly," to the previous clause; "making mention of you unceasingly in our prayers" (so Alford). Your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope. These expressions are not to be weakened, as if they were a mere Hebraism for active faith, laborious love, and patient hope. We have here the three cardinal virtues - faith, love, and hope (<a href="/1_corinthians/13-13.htm">1 Corinthians 13:13</a>). Elsewhere these graces are combined. Thus again in this Epistle: "Putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation" (<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-8.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:8</a>); and in the Epistle to the Colossians: "Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all saints, for the hope which is laid up for you in heaven" (<a href="/colossians/1-4.htm">Colossians 1:4, 5</a>). By the "work of faith" is not meant faith itself as the work of God (<a href="/john/6-29.htm">John 6:29</a>), but that faith which is energetic, which is active and living, productive of good works. By the "labor, or toil, of love" is not meant that love which is devoted to God, but that love which manifests itself in acts of kindness toward our fellow-Christians and toward the human race. And by the "patience of hope" is meant that constancy which remains unconquered by trials and persecutions. There is a climax here; faith manifests itself by its works - its active exertion; love by its toils - its works of self-denial; and hope by its patience - its endurance amid trials and discouragements. "Remembering, the apostle would say, your faith, hope, and love: a faith that had its outward effect on your lives; a love that spent itself in the service of others; and a hope that was no mere transient feeling, but was content to wait for the things unseen, when Christ should be revealed" (Jowett). In our Lord Jesus Christ. These words do not refer to all three virtues (Hohnann), but only to the last, specifying its object, namely, that it is hope in the advent of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is hope s highest expectation, because at the advent the kingdom of Christ will come in its glory. In the sight of (or rather, before) God and our Father. These words are to be conjoined with "remembering:" "remembering unceasingly before God and our Father your work of faith," etc. According to the English idiom, the conjunction "and" is dropped - "God our Father." <a href="/commentaries/1_thessalonians/1-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[and] continually ἀδιαλείπτως (adialeiptōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_89.htm">Strong's 89: </a> Unceasingly, without remission. Adverb from adialeiptos; uninterruptedly, i.e. Without omission. recalling μνημονεύοντες (mnēmoneuontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3421.htm">Strong's 3421: </a> From a derivative of mneme; to exercise memory, i.e. Recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse. before ἔμπροσθεν (emprosthen) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1715.htm">Strong's 1715: </a> From en and pros; in front of (literally or figuratively) or time). our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. Father Πατρὸς (Patros) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. work ἔργου (ergou) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2041.htm">Strong's 2041: </a> From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. of faith, πίστεως (pisteōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4102.htm">Strong's 4102: </a> Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness. [your] τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. labor κόπου (kopou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2873.htm">Strong's 2873: </a> From kopto; a cut, i.e. toil, literally or figuratively; by implication, pains. of love, ἀγάπης (agapēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_26.htm">Strong's 26: </a> From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [your] τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. enduring ὑπομονῆς (hypomonēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5281.htm">Strong's 5281: </a> Endurance, steadfastness, patient waiting for. From hupomeno; cheerful endurance, constancy. hope ἐλπίδος (elpidos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1680.htm">Strong's 1680: </a> Hope, expectation, trust, confidence. From a primary elpo; expectation or confidence. in τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. our ἡμῶν (hēmōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Lord Κυρίου (Kyriou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. Jesus Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. Christ. Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. 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