1 Thessalonians 3:9
For what thanksgiving can we render back, unto God, concerning you, on occasion of all the joy wherewith we rejoice, for your sakes, before our God?—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8Because, now, we live,—if only, ye, stand fast in the Lord.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:18but before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates,—so shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God, in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand.
2 Samuel 6:21And David said unto Michal, Before Yahweh, I will dance,—blessed, be Yahweh, who made choice of me above thy father, and above all his house, putting me in charge as leader over the people of Yahweh, over Israel,—therefore will I dance before Yahweh;
2 Chronicles 31:8And Hezekiah and the rulers came, and saw the heaps,—and blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel.
Psalms 68:3But let, the righteous, be glad, let them exult before God, Yea let them rejoice with gladness.
Psalms 96:12Let the field, leap for joy, and all that is therein, Then, shall all the trees of the forest, shout in triumph,
2 Corinthians 2:14But, unto God, be thanks, who, ever, leadeth us in triumph in the Christ, and, the fragrance of the knowledge of him, maketh manifest, 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 →