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1 Thessalonians 3:12

In 1 Thessalonians 3 of 1 Thessalonians.

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

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ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkurioslordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.πλεονάσαιpleonasaito increaseπλεονάζω (pleonazō)verb, aorist active optative, 3rd person singular — “to increase”, a single actionG4121I have more than enough; I abound, increase.This verse uses “increase”.to increaseκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπερισσεύσαιperisseusaiaboundπερισσεύω (perisseuō)verb, aorist active optative, 3rd person singular — “abound”, a single actionG4052(a) intrans: I exceed the ordinary (the necessary), abound, overflow; am left over, (b) trans: I cause to abound.aboundτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀγάπῃagapēin loveἀγάπηnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “in love”, the to- or for-formG26love, benevolence, good will, esteem; plur: love-feasts.in loveεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.towardἀλλήλουςallēlousanotherἀλλήλων (allēlōn)personal pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “another”, the object formG240one another, each other.anotherκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.towardπάνταςpantasallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, masculine — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.allκαθάπερkathaperasκαθάπερconjunction — “as”G2509even as, just as.asκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).weεἰςeisdo towardεἰςpreposition — “do toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.do towardὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.you

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

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American Standard Version (1901)

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;

Young’s Literal Translation

and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

World English Bible

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

Darby Translation

But you, may the Lord make to exceed and abound in love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also towards you,

Douay-Rheims

And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in charity towards one another, and towards all men: as we do also towards you,

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