King James Version

1 Thessalonians 4:13

In 1 Thessalonians 4 of 1 Thessalonians.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “we do want” (θέλομεν) before but here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “themselves falling asleep” (κοιμωμένων,) before so that here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “I want” (θέλω) before but here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “been fallen asleep” (κεκοιμημένων) before so that here.

Οὐounotοὐadverb — “not”G3756no, not.notθέλομενthelomenhaveθέλω (thelō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.haveδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὑμᾶςhumasyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “you”, the object formG4771you.youἀγνοεῖνagnoeinto be ignorantἀγνοέω (agnoeō)verb, present active infinitive — “to be ignorant”, an ongoing or repeated actionG50I do not know, am ignorant of (a person, thing, or fact), sometimes with the idea of willful ignorance.to be ignorantἀδελφοίadelphoibrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “brethren”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethrenπερὶpericoncerningπερίpreposition — “concerning”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “concerning”.concerningτῶνtōnwhichὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “which”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.whichκοιμωμένωνkoimōmenōnto sleepκοιμάομαι (koimaomai)verb, present middle participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “to sleep”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2837I fall asleep, am asleep, sometimes of the sleep of death.ἵναhinain order thatἵναconjunction — “in order that”G2443in order that, so that.This verse uses “in order that”.μὴmēnoμήadverb — “no”G3361not, lest.noλυπῆσθεlupēstheto grieveλυπέω (lupeō)verb, present passive subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “to grieve”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3076I pain, grieve, vex.This verse uses “grieve”.καθὼςkathōsasκαθώςconjunction — “as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.καὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.λοιποὶloipoiremainingλοιπός (loipos)adjective, nominative, plural, masculine — “remaining”, the subject formG3062left, left behind, the remainder, the rest, the others.οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἔχοντεςechontesto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ἐλπίδαelpidahopeἐλπίς (elpis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “hope”, the object formG1680hope, expectation, trust, confidence.This verse uses “hope”.hope

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

θέλωthelōI wouldθέλωverb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “I would”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.κεκοιμημένωνkekoimēmenōnthem which are asleepκοιμάω (koimaō)verb, present middle participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “them which are asleep”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2837I fall asleep, am asleep, sometimes of the sleep of death.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

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American Standard Version (1901)

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

World English Bible

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Darby Translation

But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.

Douay-Rheims

For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again; even so them who have slept through Jesus, will God bring with him.

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