1 Thessalonians 1:3
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;
Study Note
Study Note
Paul's thanksgiving for the Thessalonians' 'work of faith, labor of love, and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ' presents the Pauline triad of faith, love, and hope (cf. 1 Corinthians 13:13) in an active, operational form. Each virtue is qualified by its characteristic expression: faith works, love labors, hope endures — moving abstract theological categories into concrete communal life. The phrase 'in the sight of our God and Father' frames this evaluation as a divine assessment rather than merely apostolic commendation, lending it eschatological weight. First Thessalonians is generally regarded as Paul's earliest extant letter, making this triad one of the earliest formulations of Christian virtue in the New Testament canon.
Other Translations
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;
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,
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;
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