1 Thessalonians 3:9
For what thanks can we repay God about you, for all the joy in which we rejoiced because of you before our God,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8Because now we live, if ye stand firm in Lord.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:18But thou shall eat them before LORD thy God in the place which LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite who is within thy gates. And thou shall rejoic
2 Samuel 6:21And David said to Michal, [It was] before LORD, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will play before LORD.
2 Chronicles 31:8And when Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, they blessed LORD, and his people Israel.
Psalms 68:3But let the righteous be glad. Let them exult before God. Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.
Psalms 96:12Let the field exult, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the wood shall sing for joy
2 Corinthians 2:14And thanks is to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 3:7-11
The Mission of Timothy. ( a. d. 51.) 6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: 7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. 9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; 10 Night and… Read the whole commentary →