1 Thessalonians 2:19

After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
1 Thessalonians 2:19
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Greek)

τίς γὰρ ἡμῶν ἐλπὶς ἢ χαρὰ ἢ στέφανος καυχήσεως; ἢ οὐχὶ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ παρουσίᾳ;

  1. τίςtis“Who [is]”
    Interrogative pronoun, nominative, singular, feminine · “which?” · Strong's G5101
  2. γὰρgar“for”
    Conjunction · from γάρ · “for” · Strong's G1063
  3. ἡμῶνhēmōn“our”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, plural · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  4. ἐλπὶςelpis“hope”
    Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · from ἐλπίς · “hope” · Strong's G1680
  5. ἢē“or”
    Conjunction · from ἤ · “or/than” · Strong's G2228
  6. χαρὰchara“joy”
    Noun, nominative, singular, feminine · from χαρά · “joy” · Strong's G5479
  7. ἢē“or”
    Conjunction · from ἤ · “or/than” · Strong's G2228
  8. στέφανοςstephanos“crown”
    Noun, nominative, singular, masculine · “crown” · Strong's G4735
  9. καυχήσεως;kauchēseōs“of boasting?”
    Noun, genitive, singular, feminine · from καύχησις · “pride” · Strong's G2746
  10. ἢē“Except”
    Conjunction · from ἤ · “or/than” · Strong's G2228
  11. οὐχὶouchi“only”
    Particle, negative · from οὐχί · “not” · Strong's G3780
  12. καὶkai“even”
    Conjunction · from καί · “and” · Strong's G2532
  13. ὑμεῖςhumeis“you”
    Personal pronoun, 2nd person, nominative, plural · from σύ · “you” · Strong's G4771
  14. ἔμπροσθενemprosthen“before”
    Preposition · “before” · Strong's G1715
  15. τοῦtou“the”
    Article, genitive, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  16. κυρίουkuriou“Lord”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from κύριος · “lord” · Strong's G2962G
  17. ἡμῶνhēmōn“of us”
    Personal pronoun, 1st person, genitive, plural · from ἐγώ · “I/we” · Strong's G3165
  18. ἸησοῦIēsou“Jesus”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from Ἰησοῦς · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  19. ἐνen“at”
    Preposition · “in/on/among” · Strong's G1722
  20. τῇtēa“<the>”
    Article, dative, singular, feminine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  21. αὐτοῦautou“His”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  22. παρουσίᾳ;parousia“coming?”
    Noun, dative, singular, feminine · from παρουσία · “coming” · Strong's G3952
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)