1 Thessalonians 3:9
For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on account of you before our God,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8because now we live if *ye* stand firm in [the] Lord.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:18but before Jehovah thy God shalt thou eat them in the place which Jehovah thy God will choose, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all the business of thy hand.
2 Samuel 6:21And David said to Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me rather than thy father, and than all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Jehovah, over Israel; and I played before Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 31:8And Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, and they blessed Jehovah, and his people Israel.
Psalms 68:3But the righteous shall rejoice: they shall exult before God and be glad with joy.
Psalms 96:12Let the field exult and all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy,
2 Corinthians 2:14But thanks [be] to God, who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and makes manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.
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 →