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;
Work of faith - the working reality of your faith (Romans 2:15). Not otiose assent, but realizing, working faith (Galatians 5:6); not "in word only," but in one continuous chain of "work" (singular, not pural, works) (1 Thessalonians 1:5-10; James 2:22). So 2 Thessalonians 1:11, "the work of faith:" its perfected development (cf. James 1:4). The other governing substantives similarly mark the characteristic manifestation of the grace which follows each in the genitive. Faith, love, and hope, the three great graces (1 Thessalonians 5:8; 1 Corinthians 13:13): faith producing love, and being the foundation of hope.
Labour of love, х kopou (G2873)] - toil for others which love prompts us to (1 Thessalonians 2:9; Revelation 2:2). For instances see Acts 20:35; Romans 16:12. Not here ministerial labours. Those who shun toil for others love little (cf. Hebrews 6:10).
Patience of hope - the brave, persevering patience under trials which characterizes "hope." Romans 15:4 shows that "patience" also nourishes "hope."
Hope in our Lord Jesus - literally, 'of our Lord Jesus;' namely, of His coming (1 Thessalonians 1:10): a hope that looked beyond all present things.
In the sight of God. Your 'faith, hope, and love' were not merely such as pass for genuine before men, but "in the sight of God," the Searcher of hearts. Things are really what they are before God. Bengel takes this with "remembering." Whenever we pray we remember before God your faith, hope, and love. Our remembrance is one entertained in His presence, and in which His eye saw no insincerity. (Ellicott). The absence of the article before emprosthen favours this. But its separation from "remembering" in the order, and its connection with "your ... faith," etc., support the former view.
And, х Tou (G3588) Theou (G2316) kai (G2532) Patros (G3962)] (both under one article) - 'in the sight of Him who is (at once) God and our Father.'