1 Thessalonians 2:20

For you are our glory and our joy.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

For ye are our glory and joy.

In Context

19For what is our hope and our joy, and the crown of our glorying, but you, before our Lord Jeshu at his coming?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:7For a man is not obligated to cover his head, because he is the likeness and the glory of Aloha; but woman is the glory of man.

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:18-20

Effects of the Christian Ministry. ( a. d. 51.) 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. 18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 20 For ye are our glory and joy. In these words the apostle apologizes for his absence. Here… Read the whole commentary →

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