1 Thessalonians 3:9
For what thankes can wee recompense to God againe for you, for all the ioy wherewith we reioyce for your sakes before our God,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8For nowe are wee aliue, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:18But thou shalt eate it before the Lord thy God, in the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse, thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruat, and thy maid, and the Leuite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, in all that thou puttest thine hand to.
2 Samuel 6:21Then Dauid sayd vnto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me rather then thy father, and all his house, and commanded me to bee ruler ouer the people of the Lord, euen ouer Israel: and therefore will I play before the Lord,
2 Chronicles 31:8And when Hezekiah and the princes came, and saw the heapes, they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.
Psalms 68:3But the righteous shalbe glad, and reioyce before God: yea, they shall leape for ioye.
Psalms 96:12Let the field be ioyfull, and all that is in it: let all the trees of the wood then reioyce
2 Corinthians 2:14Now thankes be vnto God, which alwaies maketh vs to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery 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 →