John 17:13
BUT now I come to thee, and these (things) I speak in the world, that they may have my joy completed in themselves.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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John 3:29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and attendeth him, with great joy rejoiceth on account of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy therefore, behold, is complete.
John 15:11These have I spoken with you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
John 16:33These have I said to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress; but be of heart, I have conquered the world.
Romans 14:17For the kingdom of Aloha is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Spirit of Holiness.
Hebrews 12:2And let us look unto Jeshu, who hath become the chief and the perfecter of our faith; who, for the joy that was before him, endured the cross, and unto shame delivered himself, and at the right hand of the throne of Aloha hath sat down.
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 →