John 17:13
But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.
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John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore my joy has been fulfilled.
John 15:11“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may abide in you, and that your joy may be full.
John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but take courage, I have overcome the world.”
Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 12:2looking unto Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 1 Do Not Grow Weary
Matthew Henry on John 17:12-17
Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled… Read the whole commentary →